New courses in Media Arts and Scienceshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Media-Arts-and-Sciences/index.htm2008-09-04MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course will lay a foundation in autism theory and autism technology that significantly leverages and expands the Media Lab's ability to pioneer new technology. Students will not only develop new technologies, but also understand, help, and learn from people with autism, a fast-growing group that the CDC identified in the year 2005 as involving an estimated 1 in 150 school age children ages 6-21. Students will gain an understanding of the basic challenges faced by people with autism, together with their families and caregivers, and an understanding of the fundamental theories that inform therapies and technologies for improving the autistic experience. The course will also explore the converging challenges and goals of autism research and the development of technologies with people sense. We will advance ways technology can be used for early detection and intervention in autism. We will enable new technologies for measuring behavior in people with autism, to enable better theory development through more systematic collection of behavior.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Media-Arts-and-Sciences/MAS-962Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htmPicard, RosalindKaliouby, Rana elTurkle, SherryBreazeal, Cynthia2008-07-28T03:57:44-04:00MAS.962en-USMedia Arts and SciencesSocial Psychologyempathizingsystemizingautism spectrum disorderasperger syndromesocial skills interventionembodied cognitionsocial cognitionpeople sensecommunication deficitssocial interactionMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm