Wearable Regulation for Children with Autism - Yanko Design

As you might already know reading a post about Autism, one of the most obvious tendencies of children with Autism is to repeat certain actions. These can range from bobbing the head, rocking the trunk, scratching the flesh, and banging the mitt. That's a small-scale list. What this product tries to practise is to take that tendency and aim information technology at this product. It's soft, stretchy, and can be tugged, rubbed, squeezed, bitten, etc.. Will it work?

What this detail production, the "Echo," does, is to teach the child to limit their repeated deportment to a time frame indicated on the product by flashing LED lights. There'due south also a pocket-size numbered timer for goal-setting.

Some concerns I've got, and I'grand certain if yous're here to talk well-nigh Autism you'll take some of these as well, particularly if you know someone affected:

If the production is non on the wrist at a fourth dimension of the solar day where the production cannot be left on the wrist (mayhap at bedtime, bath/shower fourth dimension), the child may continue the activeness in the place where the band was gear up. This might atomic number 82 to injury, depending on the intensity of their need to echo, and in what manner.

For those children whose tendency it is to rock dorsum and forth or bob their head for case, this product might have no issue at all.

If the product is used with children with visual cocky-stimulating beliefs needs, the lights may become distracting rather than helpful.

Those things out in the air, note the following, most importantly: Whatsoever innovation in this field is fantastic. It'south a place where it'due south exceedingly difficult to create a product that blankets over a broad range of children considering disorders like Autism human action differently on every unique child. I've got friends in the field (who shall remain nameless 🙂 ) that take helped me write this thread (it's all my words, but we discussed it heavily) and they say the "Repeat" looks extremely promising!

Go forth Jesse Resnick! Brand this happen!

Designer: Jesse Resnick