Autistic Child: Can A Smart Watch Actually Help?

Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD · Apr 15, 2021 · 6m · transcript

This use of a smart watch can help an autistic child in their day to day life, like this: Researchers in Boston USA have been working with a program they developed where they use a smart watch on an autistic child, and then text them videos or commands / instructions. The idea of this program is that, a parent or care giver can send the child a message or command to the watch that is very discrete so the child feels like they can still ‘fit in’ without forgetting to do something. This type of idea is a really good way to create confidence within an autistic child. Parents have started…