ASDTech Digest

What online technologies can be used to engage and stimulate children and young people? Educational Psychologist @AEPHoughton answers this question in this webinar hosted by @edpsyuk youtu.be/8k8ssnqGpos

I hope all this has been useful! Massive thanks to everyone involved with BETA + the editors of the ASDTech mailing list. @Bath_CAAR @LimsiLab @VanessaZeri @ISIR_labo @Patripf3 @IRTIC_UV @FundacionAdopta @gerardoautismo @sidrahliaqat + Matthew Goodwin & Briella Baer Chen

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The blog is incredibly useful. There's over 200 posts on there, each reporting on a different piece of tech, event, research finding or guideline about autism & tech. You can search the blogs using keyword filters to find what interests you: beta-project.org/en/blog/

What was our solution? First, we took a sample of scientific papers on digital products for autistic users and evaluated them from two aspects: 1. The rigour of the scientific underpinning 2. The level of knowledge about the end-users of the product.

Third, the tech world moves incredibly fast. In the seven years it took me to apply for funding, create an app, evaluate it in a small randomised controlled trial, and publish the findings, Apple brought out three new iPads and four new iPhones. dart.ed.ac.uk/research/click…

Lots of people realised that digital technologies - websites, smartphone apps, video games - could be useful and beneficial for autistic people. But the sheer volume of stuff out there was virtually impossible to navigate. It felt like a maze. We wanted to help.

I hope all this has been useful! Massive thanks to everyone involved with BETA + the editors of the ASDTech mailing list. @Bath_CAAR @LimsiLab @VanessaZeri @ISIR_labo @Patripf3 @IRTIC_UV @FundacionAdopta @gerardoautismo @sidrahliaqat + Matthew Goodwin & Briella Baer Chen

and finally, if you want to contribute to the network you can submit your own content for the blog here: beta-project.org/en/contribu… and also sign up to join our monthly mailing list at the bottom of the same page.

The blog is incredibly useful. There's over 200 posts on there, each reporting on a different piece of tech, event, research finding or guideline about autism & tech. You can search the blogs using keyword filters to find what interests you: beta-project.org/en/blog/