Autistic patient builds app to help her to deal with her condition

“MiContact is an Educational app created by a teen on the autism spectrum. It was developed for use as a discrete social prompt to help individuals with autism make and maintain eye contact more comfortably and thus better engage with the world around them. MiContact is a shape matching game designed to be a colourful and fun method of practising eye contact. Struggling to make eye contact is a diagnostic characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that can complicate social integration and employment opportunities. Employers report that failure to make eye contact in an interview setting is a common mistake. MiContact was designed so that people with autism can practice making and maintaining eye contact in a discrete manner during times they chose in places that suit them”, says on the App Store.

MiContact has been helping Ciara-Beth with a lot of sensory issues like loud noises and bright lights, understanding sarcasm, eye contact, etc.

The app was awarded the “RTE Best Social and Behavioural Science Award” and the “Abbot life to the fullest award” at the 2017 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

MiContact is an iOS app and is available for free.

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