Anxiety and autism : towards personalized digital health

Simm, William Alexander and Ferrario, Maria Angela Felicita Cristina and Gradinar, Adrian Ioan and Forshaw, Stephen and Smith, Marcia and Smith, Ian Craig and Whittle, Jonathan Nicholas David (2016) Anxiety and autism : towards personalized digital health. In: CHI '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems :. ACM, New York, pp. 1270-1281. ISBN 9781450333627

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Abstract

For many people living with conditions such as autism, anxiety manifests so powerfully it has a big impact on quality of life. By investigating the suitability of truly customizable wearable health devices we build on prior research that found each experience of anxiety in people with autism is unique, so 'one-suits all' solutions are not suitable. In addition, users desire agency and control in all aspects of the system. The participative approach we take is to iteratively co-develop prototypes with end users. Here we describe a case study of the co-development of one prototype, a digital stretch wristband that records interaction for later reflection called Snap. Snap has been designed to sit within a platform that allows the distributed and sustainable design, manufacture and data analysis of customizable digital health technologies. We contribute to HCI with (1) lessons learned from a DIY co-development process that follows the principles of modularity, participation and iteration and (2) the potential impact of technology in self-management of anxiety and the broader design implications of addressing unique anxiety experiences.

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© {Owner/Author ACM}, 2016. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in CHI '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858259
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?? anxiety iothciparticipatory design agile methodsdigital health ??
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28 Jun 2016 08:36
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