4. What’s Autism? Rigidity of thought and behaviour Lack of true two-way conversational skills Difficulty with social relationships
5. Benefits of visual cues Compensate for weakness with processing auditory input Focus on relevant information & for longer periods Promoting Positive Behaviour Decreasing challenging behavior Increased on-task behavior Improved performance
6. Benefits of Visual Cues Aid learning Improves interaction with others Self-help skills Visual schedules promote consistency and communicating schedule activities
7. Technology Used to Help Autism “Low” Technology “Mid” Technology “High” Technology
8. “Low” Technology Have Visual Schedules using a white board Increases his organisational skills Know what is coming next Helps in marking out school attendance
19. “High” Technology Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) A software installed on mobile phones Learn and express himself by forming simple sentences by arranging images on an adhesive strip
20. Advantages of Current Products Visually appealing Something that they can touch, feel and hear Attachable and portable in case they leave it someplace they forget Improvements to be Made
21. OUR IDEA Incorporate visual cues into a device which is portable Aids their daily routine by showing the respective picture of an activity at a certain time throughout the day For example, picture of school at 8am, indicates time to head to school
22. How does it solve the pain? Their parents will not have to spend so much time/attention taking note of their routine Reduces the possibility of an autistic child feeling frustrated and throwing a tantrum Helps people with mild autism to better integrate into the society Autistic child can now follow the same routine everyday with a guide
23. Focus Group Ms SerinnQuek Teacher of a Special School Ms Ho Hil May Educational Psychologist MOE Ms Jane Lim, has brothers with Autism Preliminary Questions: What are the problems faced by children with autism daily? How effective are the current solutions in the market? What do you think of the idea we have?
24. Preliminary Findings Inconsistency of environment at school and home Solutions are either too expensive or applied only in school environment The idea is unprecedented; nothing like this in the market
-impairment of social recognition, of social communication, and of social understanding and imagination-Rigidity of thought and behaviour, and limited imagination or imaginative play where the individual may carry out ritualistic actions, or focus upon minor details (such as an item of clothing rather than the person, or part of a toy rather than the whole thing)Limited verbal and non-verbal communication with a lack of true two-way conversational skills, a failure to understand the emotions, gestures, or ideas of others, and an over-literalness in interpreting what is saidDifficulty with social relationships
