scholarly journals Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Digitized Work Environment – Review of Technological Solutions Supporting Integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Michał T. Tomczak
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Integrate Work ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Body Parameters

The aim of the article is to examine the opportunities for employees with ASD, arising from assistive technology in order to integrate work environment. The possible solution to a communication problem is replacing the interpersonal communication between employees with electronic forms of communication, communicators, chats, chatbots. Furthermore, there is the implementation of wearable electronic systems monitoring stress level and facilitating effective stress control. In the future, developing the work environment according to ‘smart workplace concept’ is expected, by connecting sensors recording human body parameters in a network with sensors recording ambient physical parameters and also with the controllers of its values, adjusting it dynamically. As a result, distracting factors influencing work performance could be eliminated, improving the work comfort of people with ASD and their collaborators.

Employees With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Digitized Work Environment: Perspectives for the Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 104420732091994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał T. Tomczak
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
Environment Temperature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

The aim of this article is to examine the opportunities for employees with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), arising from digital technology (DT) development. The author discusses assistive technology (AT) as a mean of creating a better work environment, making the digitized workplace more friendly for people with ASD. A possible solution of communication problems is replacing the interpersonal communication between employees with electronic (non-direct) forms of communication, such as online communicators or chatbots. Another solution is the implementation of wearable electronic systems, monitoring stress levels and facilitating effective stress control. In the future, the whole digitized workplace could be designed according to a “smart workplace” concept. Sensors recording various human body parameters could be connected to a network with sensors recording physical parameters of the work environment (temperature, humidity, noise, smell, sunlight exposure) and also with controllers of its values, adjusting it dynamically to reduce distracting factors. As a result, communication, stress management, and sensory sensitiveness problems could be limited, improving the work comfort of people with ASD, and their colleagues. The pertinence of solutions proposed was also confirmed by the experts interviewed in the field who were asked to assess it in the context of future implementation.

scholarly journals Od wczesnych zwiastunów autyzmu po przywiązanie – rozwój relacji społecznych dzieci ze spektrum autyzmu w kontaktach z bliskimi

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-90
Author(s):  
Barbara Winczura
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Deficits ◽  
Parent Attachment ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Autism is a vast developmental disorder with significant delays and problems in participation in alternate social interactions. Studies show that nearly half of the population with various forms of autism participates in social life, although their profile of emotional and social deficits remains highly diversified. Impairment within a social sphere includes a limited disposition and ability to recognize, to understand and to engage in human contact and interpersonal communication. Parents /guardians are the first observers of disturbing behaviors of a child and the first initiators of building a close relationship with their offspring. Their observations are the determinants of the criteria of early detection of autism spectrum disorders. The biggest problem for parents is the inability of their children with autism to show affection. The goal of this article is to show the development profile of social relationships of young children with autism in contacts with their relatives and the analysis of conditions in the child – parent attachment relationship in this group of disorders.

scholarly journals Reflections, Anxieties, Developments & Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. i-xi
Author(s):  
Gareth J Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

This is the editorial for the twelfth issue of Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, published spring 2019. This issue contains a number of articles including: examinations of autism spectrum disorders, Indonesian education policy, image processing for viral recognition, international students' interpersonal communication, and postgraduate event organisation. The issue also includes a full author and article index to the first six volumes of the journal. The editorial itself takes a reflective look back over the past year of development of the journal and the scholarly communication environment, drawing on some of the social media posts by the Editor-in-chief. It concludes with a call for papers on the theme of 'in-between spaces', and highlights some exciting special issue developments coming over the next 18 months.

scholarly journals Support for Employees with ASD in the Workplace Using a Bluetooth Skin Resistance Sensor–A Preliminary Study

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Tomczak ◽  
Marek Wójcikowski ◽  
Paulina Listewnik ◽  
Bogdan Pankiewicz ◽  
Daria Majchrowicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stress Control ◽  
Device Resistance ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

The application of a Bluetooth skin resistance sensor in assisting people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), in their day-to-day work, is presented in this paper. The design and construction of the device are discussed. The authors have considered the best placement of the sensor, on the body, to gain the most accurate readings of user stress levels, under various conditions. Trial tests were performed on a group of sixteen people to verify the correct functioning of the device. Resistance levels were compared to those from the reference system. The placement of the sensor has also been determined, based on wearer convenience. With the Bluetooth Low Energy block, users can be notified immediately about their abnormal stress levels via a smartphone application. This can help people with ASD, and those who work with them, to facilitate stress control and make necessary adjustments to their work environment.

scholarly journals Inclusive Communication Model Supporting the Employment Cycle of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4696
Author(s):  
Michał T. Tomczak ◽  
Joanna Maria Szulc ◽  
Małgorzata Szczerska
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Job Interviews ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Electronically Mediated Communication ◽  
Employment Cycle

Difficulties with interpersonal communication experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) significantly contribute to their underrepresentation in the workforce as well as problems experienced while in employment. Consistently, it is vital to understand how communication within the employment cycle of this group can be improved. This study aims to identify and analyze the possibilities of modifying the communication processes around recruitment, selection, onboarding, and job retention to address the specific characteristics and needs of the representatives of this group. This qualitative study is based on 15 in-depth interviews conducted with 21 field experts, i.e.,: therapists, job trainers, and entrepreneurs employing people with ASD. The findings of this research informed the creation of an inclusive communication model supporting the employment cycle of individuals with ASD. The most important recommendations within the model that was created include the modification of job advertisements, use of less structured job interviews, providing opportunities for mentorship, and supportive and non-direct, electronically mediated communication. To apply the above-mentioned solutions and take full advantage of the talents of people with ASD, it is also necessary to provide tailored sensitivity and awareness training programs for their direct addressees as well as their neurotypical colleagues, including managerial staff.

Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorders: A paradigmatic self-organized perspective of network structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucio Tonello ◽  
Luca Giacobbi ◽  
Alberto Pettenon ◽  
Alessandro Scuotto ◽  
Massimo Cocchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Self ◽  
Network Structures ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Critical Equilibrium ◽  
Self Organized Criticality ◽  
Acute Agitation ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

AbstractAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) subjects can present temporary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness, named problem behaviors. They have been shown to be consistent with the self-organized criticality (SOC), a model wherein occasionally occurring “catastrophic events” are necessary in order to maintain a self-organized “critical equilibrium.” The SOC can represent the psychopathology network structures and additionally suggests that they can be considered as self-organized systems.

Disfluency Characteristics Observed in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Report

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura W. Plexico ◽  
Julie E. Cleary ◽  
Ashlynn McAlpine ◽  
Allison M. Plumb
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Young Children With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Developmental Stuttering

This descriptive study evaluates the speech disfluencies of 8 verbal children between 3 and 5 years of age with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Speech samples were collected for each child during standardized interactions. Percentage and types of disfluencies observed during speech samples are discussed. Although they did not have a clinical diagnosis of stuttering, all of the young children with ASD in this study produced disfluencies. In addition to stuttering-like disfluencies and other typical disfluencies, the children with ASD also produced atypical disfluencies, which usually are not observed in children with typically developing speech or developmental stuttering. (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005).

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