CAÑETE YAQUE, RAQUEL, Peralta Álvarez, Estela
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Capítulo de un Libro
Científica
22/09/2023
001073633800053
Assistive technology is improving the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder, providing new opportunities for therapy and the development of skills. One of the main advantages of mid- and high-tech products is their ability to adapt to the specific preferences and needs of the user, leading to personalization. This is especially important for children with autism, as their spectrum is very wide. People with autism respond to sensory input differently than typically developing peers. Every child has different sensory characteristics, ranging from hypersensitivity to hyposensitivity in different senses. Thus, for assistive technology products to be successful and comfortable for these users, they must be able to adapt to the special needs and characteristics of each child. This work explores what assistive technology should be able to adapt in terms of sensory characteristics for children with autism and carries out a review to analyze the state of the art of personalization in assistive technology products toward both sensorial profiles (hyper and hyposensitivity). In conclusion, this work observed that although technology is currently being implemented to personalize products to individual senses, there is a lack of assistive products which apply technology for sensorial personalization with a multimodal perspective.
autism spectrum disorder; assistive technology; personalization; adaptability; sensation; perception; children