This month we are presenting two new papers that can be of interest to you:
Kim, J. W., Nguyen, T. Q., Gipson, S. Y. M. T., Shin, A. L., & Torous, J. (2017). Smartphone Apps for Autism Spectrum Disorder—Understanding the Evidence. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 1-4.
In this review, the authors evaluated the existing evidence for commercially available mobile device apps for people with ASD using the rating system of the Autism Speaks website. It’s worth looking at the discrepancies the authors remark between the claims for evidence versus the actual data supporting the evidence for those apps.
Alper, M. (2018). Inclusive sensory ethnography: Studying new media and neurodiversity in everyday life. New Media & Society, 1461444818755394.
The author introduces an inclusive sensory ethnography approach for the study of human interaction with technology. She suggests a neurodiverse approach to sensory processing that challenges, among others, the design of haptic technology which usually disregards the vestibular and proprioceptive systems.