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

Mark Donnelly; Raymond Bond; Maurice Mulvenna; Laurence Taggart; Diane Hill; Pauline Fitzsimons; Suzanne Martin; Angela Hassiotis

doi:10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.152

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

Mark Donnelly
, Raymond Bond
, Maurice Mulvenna
, Laurence Taggart
, Diane Hill
, Pauline Fitzsimons
, Suzanne Martin
, Angela Hassiotis

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI-2018)
Editors	Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Jonathan Wallace, Michaela Black
Place of Publication	Swindon, UK
Publisher	BCS Learning & Development Ltd
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.152
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 23 Jul 2018
Event	32nd British Human Computer Interaction Conference - Church House, Belfast, Northern Ireland Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 6 Jul 2018 http://hci2018.bcs.org/

Conference

Conference	32nd British Human Computer Interaction Conference
Abbreviated title	HCI
Country/Territory	Northern Ireland
City	Belfast
Period	2/07/18 → 6/07/18
Internet address	http://hci2018.bcs.org/

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Mobile Design
Assistive Cognitive Design
Coversational Interfaces
intellectual disability
Autism spectrum disorders
chatbot

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Donnelly, M., Bond, R., Mulvenna, M., Taggart, L., Hill, D., Fitzsimons, P., Martin, S., & Hassiotis, A. (2018). Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App. In R. Bond, M. Mulvenna, J. Wallace, & M. Black (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI-2018) BCS Learning & Development Ltd. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.152

Donnelly, Mark ; Bond, Raymond ; Mulvenna, Maurice et al. / Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App. Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI-2018). editor / Raymond Bond ; Maurice Mulvenna ; Jonathan Wallace ; Michaela Black. Swindon, UK : BCS Learning & Development Ltd, 2018.

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Donnelly, M , Bond, R , Mulvenna, M , Taggart, L, Hill, D, Fitzsimons, P, Martin, S & Hassiotis, A 2018, Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App. in R Bond, M Mulvenna, J Wallace & M Black (eds), Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI-2018). BCS Learning & Development Ltd, Swindon, UK, 32nd British Human Computer Interaction Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2/07/18. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.152

Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App. / Donnelly, Mark ; Bond, Raymond ; Mulvenna, Maurice et al.
Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI-2018). ed. / Raymond Bond; Maurice Mulvenna; Jonathan Wallace; Michaela Black. Swindon, UK: BCS Learning & Development Ltd, 2018.

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Donnelly M , Bond R , Mulvenna M , Taggart L, Hill D, Fitzsimons P et al. Facilitating Social Connectedness for People with Autism and Intellectual Disability Using an Interactive App. In Bond R, Mulvenna M, Wallace J, Black M, editors, Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI-2018). Swindon, UK: BCS Learning & Development Ltd. 2018 doi: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.152

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