Autism and Computer Communication - Revision history

Caseorganic at 16:48, 17 January 2011

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			===Discussion===
	For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].		For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].

			===Autism and Social Cues===
			Those with autism may have a difficult time picking up on the social cues of others.

	"I have very little experience with people on the Autistic spectrum, but designer Timothy Byrne of Western Washington University has a brother with an autistic disorder, a fact the propelled him to invent “Sixthsense for Autism”. Building upon MIT’s Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense technology, this conceptual project tries to provide its user social cues for everyday situations" [http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/05/28/augmented-reality-for-autism/]		"I have very little experience with people on the Autistic spectrum, but designer Timothy Byrne of Western Washington University has a brother with an autistic disorder, a fact the propelled him to invent “Sixthsense for Autism”. Building upon MIT’s Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense technology, this conceptual project tries to provide its user social cues for everyday situations" [http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/05/28/augmented-reality-for-autism/]

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	See: [[In My Language]] by [[Amanda Baggs]]		See: [[In My Language]] by [[Amanda Baggs]]

	~~----~~		===Autism and iPad Use===

	==~~iHelp for~~ Autism==
	For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It’s also way cool.		For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It’s also way cool.

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	Since the iPad's unveiling in April, autism experts and parents have brought it into countless homes and classrooms around the world. Developers have begun pumping out applications specifically designed for users with special needs, and initial studies are already measuring the effectiveness of the iPod Touch and the iPad as learning tools for children with autism. Through the devices, some of these children have been able to communicate their thoughts to adults for the first time. Others have learned life skills that had eluded them for years"		Since the iPad's unveiling in April, autism experts and parents have brought it into countless homes and classrooms around the world. Developers have begun pumping out applications specifically designed for users with special needs, and initial studies are already measuring the effectiveness of the iPod Touch and the iPad as learning tools for children with autism. Through the devices, some of these children have been able to communicate their thoughts to adults for the first time. Others have learned life skills that had eluded them for years"

	Source: [http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/1/ http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/1/]		Source: [http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/1/ http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/1/ iHelp for Autism]

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 "I have very little experience with people on the Autistic spectrum, but designer Timothy Byrne of Western Washington University has a brother with an autistic disorder, a fact the propelled him to invent “Sixthsense for Autism”. Building upon MIT’s Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense technology, this conceptual project tries to provide its user social cues for everyday situations" [http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/05/28/augmented-reality-for-autism/]
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-See: [[In My Language]] by [[Amanda Baggs]]
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Caseorganic at 04:33, 2 June 2010

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	For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].		For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].

	"~~Augmented Reality for Autism~~		"I have very little experience with people on the Autistic spectrum, but designer Timothy Byrne of Western Washington University has a brother with an autistic disorder, a fact the propelled him to invent “Sixthsense for Autism”. Building upon MIT’s Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense technology, this conceptual project tries to provide its user social cues for everyday situations" [http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/05/28/augmented-reality-for-autism/]
	~~Posted on May 28, 2010 by rouli~~
	I have very little experience with people on the Autistic spectrum, but designer Timothy Byrne of Western Washington University has a brother with an autistic disorder, a fact the propelled him to invent “Sixthsense for Autism”. Building upon MIT’s Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense technology, this conceptual project tries to provide its user social cues for everyday situations" [http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/05/28/augmented-reality-for-autism/]

Caseorganic at 04:33, 2 June 2010

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	For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].		For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].

			"Augmented Reality for Autism
			Posted on May 28, 2010 by rouli
			I have very little experience with people on the Autistic spectrum, but designer Timothy Byrne of Western Washington University has a brother with an autistic disorder, a fact the propelled him to invent “Sixthsense for Autism”. Building upon MIT’s Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense technology, this conceptual project tries to provide its user social cues for everyday situations" [http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/05/28/augmented-reality-for-autism/]


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	See: [[In My Language]] by [[Amanda Baggs]]		See: [[In My Language]] by [[Amanda Baggs]]

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	~~[[File~~:~~Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]~~		See: [[In My Language]] by [[Amanda Baggs]]
	[[~~File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]~~

	~~'''~~In My Language~~. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''~~

	'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), Baggs communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. Her video provides a profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.



	Baggs describes the work like this: "The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation of Bagg's thoughts towards what constitutes thought, intelligence( personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.

	"She types 120 words a minute, which the DynaVox then translates into a synthesized female voice that sounds like a deadpan British schoolteacher" [http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism].

	"No one helped her shoot the video, edit it, and upload it to YouTube. She used a Sony Cybershot DSC-T1, a digital camera that can record up to 90 seconds of video (she has since upgraded). She then patched the footage together using the editing programs RAD Video Tools, VirtualDub, and DivXLand Media Subtitler" [http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism].

	*[~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc Video - In My Language - on YouTube]~~
	*[~~http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism Wired Article about~~ Amanda Baggs]

Caseorganic at 17:51, 15 May 2010

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	For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].		For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].

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	[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]		[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]

Caseorganic at 17:50, 15 May 2010

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			For some autistic people, who do manage to learn to read and write, communication using a computer keyboard or reception using a visual document, either displayed on a computer screen or printed up, could be easier than verbal communication or reception, especially due to the marked preference shown by a high number of autistic people for visual stimuli but also because of the permanence of visual stimuli compared with the transitory nature of auditory stimuli. However, great care is called for in this area in view of certain overly optimistic views linked to the use of a technique known as "Facilitated Communication" [http://www.autism-resources.com/papers/LINK.htm].

	[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]		[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]
	[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]		[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]

Caseorganic at 17:48, 15 May 2010

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	[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]		[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]
			[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]

	'''In My Language. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''		'''In My Language. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''
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	'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), Baggs communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. Her video provides a profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.		'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), Baggs communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. Her video provides a profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.

	~~[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]~~

	Baggs describes the work like this: "The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation of Bagg's thoughts towards what constitutes thought, intelligence( personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.		Baggs describes the work like this: "The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation of Bagg's thoughts towards what constitutes thought, intelligence( personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.

Caseorganic at 17:46, 15 May 2010

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	'''In My Language. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''		'''In My Language. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''

	'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), ~~Bagga~~ communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. A profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.		'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), Baggs communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. Her video provides a profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.

	[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]		[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]
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	*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc Video - In My Language - on YouTube]		*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc Video - In My Language - on YouTube]
	*[http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism Wired Article about Amanda Baggs]]		*[http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism Wired Article about Amanda Baggs]

Caseorganic at 17:44, 15 May 2010

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			[[File:Amanda-Baggs.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Amanda Baggs]]

	'''In My Language. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''		'''In My Language. 8 mins 35 sec, 2007. Amanda Baggs'''

	'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), Bagga communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. A profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.		'''Summary:''' Amanda baggs is a young woman with autism who has created a powerful and articulate video that translates from the world of environmental interacting to the neurotylic form of speech and perception. As well as a stunning view into how she experiences andmakes sense or the world, it's also a forceful philosophical argument concerning how the mainstream usersyanfs people who don't think or communicate in a conventional way. Preesumably speech-less (either through choice or development), Bagga communicates to the viewer using a voice synthesizer and on-screen text. A profound and exciting insight into an alternative humanity.

			[[File:Amanda-Baggs-Second-Life.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Amanda Baggs in Second Life]]

	Baggs describes the work like this: "The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation of Bagg's thoughts towards what constitutes thought, intelligence( personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.		Baggs describes the work like this: "The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation of Bagg's thoughts towards what constitutes thought, intelligence( personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.