ACIERTA

Electronic Diaries and Communicators for people with Disorders of the Autism Spectrum

The objective of the ACIERTA project was to analyse the possibility of using devices as electronic diaries, digital information panels and systems of locating and positioning to equip people with autism with higher autonomy and potential and to develop a computer application designed for an electronic diary whose aim will be multiple and would include personal autonomy aspects, communication with others, understanding the surroundings, etc. The developed prototype, which is currently being used in Burgos Autism, provides information that is relevant to the user with regard to the context in which he/she finds him/herself, his/her individual skills and his/her needs and preferences. In the same way, it offers aid towards helping him/her to communicate with the others.

The content of the electronic diaries is managed by the teachers through a data management and maintenance System. Together with Burgos Autism, the University of Birmingham School of Education, the COMUNICA Centre of Diagnostics and Intervention and the Tissat Company. It was financed by IMSERSO (Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs) and by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.