Psychologists who earned their degrees at Kansas University are taking their work into the mobile world, offering applications for autistic kids, teens, young adults & their families to use on iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch devices.
The applications — Sosh, Sosh Lite & an increasing number of their component parts — are available through Apple’s iTunes App Store & already have been downloaded by 5,000 people in the United States and 22 other countries.
The apps are designed to help people with Asperger’s syndrome improve their social skills by giving them tools they can use at school, in restaurants & other places outside of their homes, therapist’s offices & other structured environments. The full version of the application offers 60 screens that help users interact with people, reduce stress, manage behaviors, think through problems and understand their feelings.
Among the most popular segments, which have been spun off into smaller apps of their own: “The Shredder,” which allows the user to describe a negative situation using text, then drag it down into an audible and visible shredder for destruction; and a voice meter that allows users to regulate how loud they talk, something that can be a challenge for people with Asperger’s.
The app also provides feedback, giving users and families information that can help users manage their condition and improve their social skills.
1 comment:
damn, but that's interesting! I appears there is an app for everything now. Still, I wonder how much satisfaction is gained from shredding our woes.
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