So delighted to have the paper that resulted from my prelims finally in press with @ijhcs_journal.
Perseverations of the academy: A survey of wearable technologies applied to autism intervention
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Perseverations of the academy: A survey of wearable technologies applied to autism intervention
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Also excited to learn that the highlights I wrote while slightly irritated and extremely tired are the real actual words people see when they look up the article lmao
1) ~90% of technological interventions collected for review constitute “normalizing technologies” that view autistic traits as deficits to overwrite with neurotypical behavior
2) Only ~10% of technologies reviewed addressed user needs in the domains of sensory regulation, emotional regulation, communication, or executive function.
3) ~50% of technologies reviewed focus on social skills training or emotional intelligence assessment. Recent studies have shown that higher rates of STB in autistic people are linked to “fitting in in social situations” (Cassidy et al. '18) and social stigma (Botha & Frost, '18)
Our fixation on Autism as a social skills deficit rather than as a marginalized identity may be causing direct harm to our user group.
