AD Hackathon

Our Challenge

• 7 yo
• Primary diagnosis - Global Developmental Delay, x5 secondary diagnoses
• Highly destructive behaviours

Challenge: Device to create sensory experiences to help manage and monitor behaviour of a child and reduce/eliminate minor and major damage to his house (currently what happens).

Social Stories as Powerful Aids

• Social Stories are a series of images detailing how to navigate situations. The stories try to help the person with a autism spectrum disorder have a better understanding of the parameters of a problem situation and to have some idea of how to cope, manage, or operate within that situation. - Carol Gray, lead developer of social stories
• Social stories are widely used aids. In Australia, with a referral from a GP, custom social stories can be developed with a psychologist where the cost can be reclaimed with Medicare
• 'Count downs' are also very useful for Jacob in assisting with an activity transition.
• Children with a diagnosis benefit from both of these techniques as sensory aids

How does it work?

• The Story clock tells the when and the what of the day, giving a sensory experience that includes images and voice.
• This allows the user to stay intune with a daily schedule and recenter themselves by looking at the clock
• When an activity is about to change, a voice and light countdown is activated to aid in activity transition for the user
• If an activity is completed, the button can be pressed to switch to the next. This allows the user to feel ownership of their schedule

The Innovation

• This design builds upon existing technologies, creating a modern solution without alienating users who may not be tech saavy.
• This plug and play, easy to use design allows simple or complex customisation with print and draw templates.
• Not seen on the market before

Australian Distribution

• ASD Webstores
• Modern Teaching Aids
• Disability specialty stores
• Teacher PD Providers

Retail Price: >$100

Scalability

Australians Living with a Disability

18.2% of Americans are diagnosed with Mental Illness

(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

18.5% of Australians live with a Disability

(2012 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)

Mental/Behvaioural Disabilities

Other Disabilities

1 in 68 children are diagnosed with ASD in the US

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014)

924,500 Australians live with a Mental and Behavioural Disorder

(2015 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers)

(2015 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers)

Marketing

Market the product as:

• A scheduling aid
• An improvement to social stories
• An aid for people who have a diagnosed disability
• A memory aid
• A trauma aid
• An organisational aid

Future Developments

• Integration with Google Home, an automation system to add in commands
• Integrated web app
• Integration with google calendar
• Database of templates, including cultural variation
• Digital version for tech saavy
• Various aesthetic options
• Task Gamification

Questions?