– A new smartphone app developed by students at Montevideo-based Universidad ORT Uruguay aims to help parents identify the causes of their autistic children’s highly disruptive behavior.
Once a sufficient volume of information has been collected, the long-term goal is to use “data science” to discover certain patterns and determine why these meltdowns happen, Drets said. They took part there in a programming event, or “hackathon,” on inclusive apps sponsored by the Telefonica-Movistar Foundation and met people from Aprendizaje Diferente , a Montevideo-based organization that had already created other apps to help children who have an autism spectrum disorder .
Even though one of every 160 children worldwide has an ASD, according to the World Health Organization, Drets said society generally provides little help to caregivers. The initial idea, according to Martinez, was to develop a program that would be used with a smart bracelet and identify when meltdowns occur.
Drets said his intention “is not to get disabled people up to speed with the rest” but on the contrary to “bring the remainder of the people closer to disabled persons” and put themselves in their place.
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