ASID Push Button

Engineering Good

19 January 2023

Problem Statement: Device / sensor to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) stay in class

Students with ASD sometimes run out of class and run into trouble outside. Manual latches are quickly overcome, locks pose a fire safety risk, door switches can't be placed out of reach of students without them being out of reach of teachers too, and internal card readers are prohibitively expensive.

Nature of Problems

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

Functional Abilities

Home Environment

Classroom and Schooling Activities

User Groups

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism

Children

Down Syndrome

Intellectual Disability

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Solution

ASID push button is a push button switch that turns on the toy it is connected to for 3 seconds.

The number of pushes required to accomplish the activation is randomised, taking anywhere from 2 to 10 pushes to activate for 3 seconds.

The above happens only once and after the switch deactivates, a reset is required by the teacher and this encourages communication between the child with autism spectrum disorder and the teacher . The random aspect of the different number of button pushes adds in more fun and incentive for the child to keep playing and pushing the button and as a result more resets are required and more interaction between teacher and child

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Engineering Good