PROJECT TITLE :

A Smart Environment for Children with Autism

ABSTRACT:

Deploying pervasive technology in "the wild" is not trivial; it's even a lot of difficult if it's supposed for long-term use in difficult environments. Over the past five years, the authors have been planning, developing, and pilot-testing pervasive technology to support several dimensions of the therapy cycle of youngsters with autism, together with augmented reality to support cognition, ambient displays to encourage positive behaviors, and exergames to support motor development. They have gradually deployed a vary of technologies in an exceedingly school clinic, where fifteen physiologist-academics serve nearly sixty kids with autism. Their effort is showing how good environments will positively impact current therapeutic practices. In this text, the authors mirror on their experiences making this smart setting. They additionally discuss their deployment method and demonstrate that their sensible surroundings is simple to use, helpful, supports sustained empirical measurement and iterative development, and offers numerous educational and therapeutic edges for kids with autism. They close with a discussion of potential application themes as future work. This text is part of a special issue on sensible areas.