NDLI: Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App

Please wait, while we are loading the content...

Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Donnelly, Mark P. Bond, Raymond B. Mulvenna, Maurice D. Taggart, Laurence Hill, Diane Jackson Fitzsimons, Pauline Martin, Suzanne M. Hassiotis, Angela
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	This short paper describes the evolution of a smartphone application, which aims to offer support for individuals living with an intellectual disability. The JAM (Just-a-minute) App enables people with a cognitive disability, such as those with an intellectual disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder to inform service providers that they need ‘Just A Minute’ to get themselves organised, e.g. counting money. The app offers a simple and intuitive service that supports users to become more socially connected to the society around them by eliciting empathic responses from other actors in society. This paper describes the original non-digital version of the technology before presenting the current app version. The paper reports the success of the app through use case reports of its real-world use. It concludes with a reflection on the current app status and outlines the investigators’ future plans to enrich the service with intelligent conversational interfaces (also known as chatbots).
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.14236/ewic/hci2018.152
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://ewic.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_hci18_wip_paper62.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic%2Fhci2018.152
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in