an upgraded smartphone-based program for leisure and communication of people with intellectual and other disabilities

an upgraded smartphone-based program for leisure and communication of people with intellectual and other disabilities

;Giulio E. Lancioni;Nirbhay N. Singh;Mark F. O'Reilly;Jeff Sigafoos;Gloria Alberti;Viviana Perilli;Valeria Chiariello;Serafino Buono
nanomaterials 2018 Vol. 6 pp. -
238
lancioni2018frontiersan

Abstract

Background: People with intellectual disability and sensory or sensory-motor impairments may display serious problems in managing functional daily activities as well as leisure activities and communication with distant partners.Aim: The study assessed an upgraded smartphone-based program to foster independent leisure and communication activity of eight participants with mild to moderate intellectual disability, sensory or sensory-motor impairments, and limited speech skills.Method: The upgraded program was based on the use of (a) a Samsung Galaxy A3 smartphone with Android 6.0 Operating System, near-field communication, music and video player functions, and Macrodroid application, and (b) special radio frequency-code labels. Participants requested leisure and communication activities by placing mini objects or pictures representing those activities and containing frequency-code labels on the smartphone. The smartphone, via the Macrodroid application, read the labels (i.e., discriminated the participants' requests) and provided the participants with the activities requested.Results: During the baseline (i.e., in the absence of the program), the participants failed to request/access leisure and communication activities independently. During the post-intervention phase of the study (i.e., using the program), they succeeded in requesting/accessing those activities independently and spent about 70–90% of their session time busy with those activities.Conclusion: The upgraded smartphone-based program may be highly functional for people like the participants of this study.

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