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An investigation of the Caregiver Autism Residential E-health (CARE) system composed of low-cost, end-user deployable smart home technology and accompanying heuristics for rule-based models of human behavior has been evaluated for its potential as an empowering assistive technology with the capacity to enhance the well-being of people living with autism, their caregivers, and family members. It allows adults living with autism to create personalized smart home interventions that provide motivational support and is accompanied by guidelines for a safe and effective means of behavioral change. This investigation contributes a participatory co-design approach which addresses both the role of flexibility for the dynamic needs of the individual while offering strategies for dealing with the challenges of designing assistive smart home technologies for the needs of individuals across the wide range of autism spectrum disorders.
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- The CARE/ERS System: Developing and Evaluating Smart Homes for Autism
Contributors
- Newman, Naomi Catton (Author)
- Burleson, Winslow (Thesis director)
- Brotman, Ryan (Co-author)
- Lozano, Cecil (Co-author)
- Adams, Jim (Committee member)
- Zautra, Alex (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Graduate College (Contributor)
- School of Community Resources and Development (Contributor)
- Department of Psychology (Contributor)
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change (Contributor)
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2013-05
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