Wearable Technology for Adults with Autism From: Medical Design Technology - 08/17/2016 Personalized wearable digital technology can help adults diagnosed with autism understand and manage their anxiety. Human Computer Interaction specialists at Lancaster University have worked with adults diagnosed with autism to create prototype personalized wristband devices called Snap that enable wearers to digitally record data when they are feeling anxious. In their paper "Anxiety and Autism: Towards Personalized Digital Health," Lancaster researchers explain how Snap was created following a three-month rapid development process. Researchers noticed that people diagnosed with autism have a tendency to play with things in their hands when they are anxious and wanted to digitize this activity. The idea for a wristband came up in the study’s workshops. Read the entire article at: https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/08/wearable-technology-adults-autism Links: Anxiety and Autism: Towards Personalized Digital Health (with video 0:30) http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2858259 http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/79719/1/paper1210.pdf Clasp http://myclasp.org Incredible Wearables with Autism Initiatives http://myclasp.org/incredible-wearables-kitchen-with-autism-initiatives Personalised wearable tech can help adults diagnosed with autism manage anxiety http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-08-personalised-wearable-tech-adults-autism.html Personalized Wearable Tech Can Help Adults Diagnosed with Autism https://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2016/08/personalized-wearable-tech-can-help-adults-diagnosed-autism Will Simm http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/about-us/people/william-simm