Designing a social network to support the independence of young adults with autism

Hong, Hwajung; Kim, Jennifer G.; Abowd, Gregory D.; Arriaga, Rosa I.

doi:10.1145/2145204.2145300

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“…While a previous study speculated about the possible risk of conflicting advice among SNS members holding different perspectives [10], we saw no evidence of this potential conflict in practice. However, caregivers still raised concerns about including members that do not share the caregivers' values.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Over-reliance on a primary caregiver also leads to problems such as difficulty broadening one's social network, reaching out to appropriate people to get advice about specific topic, and tapping into other available resources [3]. Increasingly, the use of technology for fostering social support for individuals with special needs, such as those with autism [8,10,17] or other cognitive disabilities [18,23], has been the focus of considerable research within the HCI research community. A notable example of the technology-mediated social support includes a mobile-based prompting system that provides individuals affected by cognitive disabilities with detailed protocols created by a set of caregivers to perform activities such as using public transportation [7].…”

Section: Related Work Autism Context: Towards Building a Support Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, such support can also be provided by others, perhaps using a technology such as an online social networking system. While research has explored the design of a special purpose social networking system for connecting individuals with autism to a wider set of people online [10], such a system has not been actually deployed.…”

Section: Related Work Autism Context: Towards Building a Support Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Investigating the use of circles in social networks to support independence of individuals with autism

Hong

Yarosh

Kim

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Building social support networks is crucial both for lessindependent individuals with autism and for their primary caregivers. In this paper, we describe a four-week exploratory study of a social network service (SNS) that allows young adults with autism to garner support from their family and friends. We explore the unique benefits and challenges of using SNSs to mediate requests for help or advice. In particular, we examine the extent to which specialized features of an SNS can engage users in communicating with their network members to get advice in varied situations. Our findings indicate that technology-supported communication particularly strengthened the relationship between the individual and extended network members, mitigating concerns about over-reliance on primary caregivers. Our work identifies implications for the design of social networking services tailored to meet the needs of this special needs population.

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Investigating the use of circles in social networks to support independence of individuals with autism

Hong

Yarosh

Kim

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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…By working on improving these skills, people with ASD can have a better chance to be employed, be in a relationship, have friends, increase independence, have a better life and be part of the community [2]. One example of this effect comes from the Graphics, Visualization & Usability Centre in Georgia, and is a social supportive technology for adults with ASD, implemented by Hong et al [23]. The aim was to help adults with ASD to be more independent and to learn daily life skills, by providing them with on-demand support, with an idea similar to prompting systems.…”

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Improving Social and Communication Skills of Adult Arabs with ASD through the Use of Social Media Technologies

Mashat

Wald

Parsons

2014

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) find it hard to communicate and interact with other people. Although technology has been involved in sup-porting people with ASD in developed countries, research on such technologies has been mainly related to Western culture. Arab adults with ASD require sup-port for improving their social skills. However, cultural differences could limit the usability of existing technologies. The proposed study aims to investigate the use of social networks for supporting Arab adults with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger syndrome in order to improve their abilities in social situations such as family relations and friendships, considering the influence of culture and tradition views on the usability and sociability of social media technologies.

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“…Early detection of these disorders is important for many reasons such as earlier intervention and treatment, as well as benefits like improved social skills and cognitive functioning [6,24,28]. There are now many mobile apps to help individuals with autism and their caregivers with various daily activities, including reference and messaging systems for social interactions [3,16]. However, few programs provide parents with a comprehensive and holistic reference and log for their child's developmental progress [17,19,20].…”

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Low-Income Parents’ Values Involving the Use of Technology for Accessing Health Information

Muñoz

Arriaga

2015

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015

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Abstract.Technology is increasingly available to end users of low socioeconomic status (SES), yet little is known about how these users' values affect the interfaces they prefer when seeking information related to their child's health. We investigate low-SES parents' preferences when it comes to technology to track and learn about their child's developmental milestones using both qualitative and quantitative analyses. We follow the methods outlined by Value Sensitive Design (VSD) and found that the three most relevant values for information seeking are Convenience, Learning/Bonding and Trust. We also discuss how these values drive their technology preferences in tracking their child's developmental milestones. We also present a series of design principles for information communication technology for low-SES user groups that were derived directly from our qualitative research with 51 participants. We note that although working in this unique problem space necessitated following an abridged VSD paradigm our results align with the core set of values suggested by VSD.

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Designing a social network to support the independence of young adults with autism

Cited by 62 publications

References 15 publications

Investigating the use of circles in social networks to support independence of individuals with autism

Investigating the use of circles in social networks to support independence of individuals with autism

Improving Social and Communication Skills of Adult Arabs with ASD through the Use of Social Media Technologies

Low-Income Parents’ Values Involving the Use of Technology for Accessing Health Information

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