Maggi attended the British Psychological Society Cognitive & Developmental Section Joint Conference in Stoke-on-Trent in September 2019. She gave a talk about whether social play is different when autistic children play with digital and non-digital toys. The slides are available here, and the project website is here.
There is a wide range of digital technologies aiming to support autistic people – but is there evidence that any of them work? This free seminar will address this question for you. The Building Evidence for Technology and Autism (BETA) project assesses the existing evidence for digital technologies that support autism. Guidelines and tools have been…
Here you can download my slides on the topic of: What does the evidence have to say about screentime and atypical development? These were presented on 16th January 2018 at an event called Screen Time: Research, policy and communication in a digital era. The event was hosted by Pete Etchells and featured researchers, community stakeholders,…
Back in 2014 DART developed a summary of some recommended apps for autistic users. This was updated in April 2015 – and yes, I know it really needs doing again! The wheel is divided into relevant topic areas. Icons in the inner circle are suitable for younger players and perhaps those with a learning disability. …
The Click-East study resulted in a few published articles – the links below go to open access versions of each paper: This reports on the design process we used to build the app, during Stage One of the project This reports on the main outcomes from the clinical trial in which we evaluated the app…
These reports provide summaries of the Click-East trial from the start, middle and end of the study. They were originally written for families taking part and for the people who helped us recruit to the trial. You can download them here: ClickEast Newsletter October 2012 ClickEast Newsletter April 2013 ClickEast Newsletter Sep 2013
In July 2017 Sue gave a keynote talk at the 3rd Innovative Technologies and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ITASD) conference in Valencia, Spain. Here’s the video of that talk, which focused on building an evidence base for the use of technology as a support for autistic people.
This is a guest blog from DART collaborator Noreen Murphy. You can find out more about Noreen’s project on AAC support and autism at this page. Technology continues to develop at a pace that shows no sign of slowing anytime soon. The field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for children on the autism spectrum is no exception.…
On Christmas Day this year, multiple clinicians and academics wrote to The Guardian newspaper to express their concern about the impact of ‘screentime’ on children’s health. In this post, we will extract key phrases from the letter, which can be seen in its entirety here, and explore whether the evidence upholds the statement. In this, I am joined by…
So here’s the second in a series of blog posts which I’m aiming to write over a fairly condensed period of time, all drawing on recent discussions which were particularly crystallised by a pair of workshops as part of Innovative Learning Week 2016. All the posts are aiming to provide an evidence-based response to current concerns…