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1517 Technology and Autism: Overview of Successes and Opportunities

Saturday, July 25, 2009

New Orleans Ballroom (Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center)

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What are some of the many ways that information technologies can support a variety of stakeholders dealing with autism, including the individuals, the families and caregivers, clinicians and researchers? An overview of successful projects that deal with specific challenges should spur professionals to reflect on additional opportunities for technological advancement.

Gregory Abowd
Distinguished Professor
College of Computing, Georgia Tech

Gregory Abowd is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech and the Executive Director of the Georgia Tech/Emory University Health Systems Institute. His research focusses on applications of information technologies embedded into physical environments to support everyday activities. As the father of two sons on the autism spectrum, he has been motivated to direct his research efforts to the many information challenges arising from autism and related developmental disorders. Dr. Abowd is a former Rhodes Scholar, a 2007 recipient of the ACM SIGCHI Social Impact Award and a 2008 inductee as an ACM Fellow.