TEA Band: An Interactive System to Aid Students with Autism Improve Their Social Interactions

Our research aims to aid children with autism improve social interactions through discrete messages received in a waist smart band. In this paper, we describe the design and development of an interactive system in a Microsoft Band 2 and present results of an evaluation with three students that gives us positive evidence that using this form of support can increase the quantity and quality of the social interactions.

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