Context Mapping
To start off the project, research was conducted in the form of a context mapping study. The aim of the study was to investigate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and how to integrate people with ASD in co-designing sessions more effectively. The literature review was divided in five main topics; societal trends and the changing perspective on ASD, an introduction to ASD, an introduction to assistive technologies associated with ASD, human-centered design, and co-design with ASD participants.
The research suggested that due to ASD referring to a wide diversity of cases such as impairments in social interactions, sensory anomalies, repetitive behavior, and varying levels of intellectual disability it is difficult to have a concrete method to co-design with individuals.
Scenario
A scenario was drawn of a social situation with a person that has ASD. the person wears a product that signals the person about taking a rest to prevent overstimulation. This notification helps the user with the prevention and gives the user a summary of when he was overstimulated and what he could do next time to prevent it.
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After the context mapping study had been conducted, the client was researched. After online research the group found out that the client has a big social media account where she tries to help people with ASD. Furthermore, she has a university degree in psychology. She works as a psychologist at GGZ where she specializes in Autism. Furthermore, our client has a company with which she goes to conferences and talks especially about woman in autism.
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