Reveal, A Wareable Band the Records Physiological Responses to Anxiety

tumblr_inline_o7n188MLIb1u9sg6e_540

Awake Labs, is developing an electronic band that to help children on the Autism Spectrum. Currently an Indiegogo project, wearable measures and tracks anxiety to understand behavior and predict behavior meltdowns. Called Reveal, this project is projected for commercialization in early 2017.

Here is more about this exciting innovation:

Reveal is targeted the individuals with Autism but has implications for other individuals who may have behavioral challenges due to stress and anxiety. The wearable will provide information to caretakers as well as the user.

An exciting innovation to assist with self regulation! Think of the children this might help identify sensory or behavioral strategies!

More for your OT mTool Kit.

Carol

 

About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

OTR/L with more than 35 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation. Masters of Science in Adaptive Education/Assistive Technology with 20 years experience in AT in education of elementary, middle school, secondary, post secondary students and work environments for adult clients. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, AOTA Specialty Certification in Low Vision, USC Davis Executive Certificate in Home Modifications, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education, and home environments. A 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.
This entry was posted in Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, Autism, Emotions, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Special education, Wearable technology. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s