One in 68 children in the world population is diagnosed with some type of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In Brazil, it is estimated that two million people have autism. Despite being numerous, autistics still struggle to find adequate treatments and to be included in society, since the alteration in the development of the nervous system limits the ability to communicate and carry out daily activities.
Living with this reality, Daniela Sniadower and Gerardo Wisosky, parents of a child with ASD, founded Apdif: Different Learning. The project creates applications to increase self-esteem and independence, especially for autistic people, but it can also be used by all people with some difficulty in communicating, executing, organizing, learning, among others.
“The needs of people with intellectual disabilities are not taken into account in society and this leads to greater isolation. The lack of inclusive tools motivated us to develop this project. Technology has now allowed us to multiply and expand our knowledge with strategies learned in recent years and thus reach more people, impacting this population, their families and their environment", explains Daniela Sniadower, CEO and co-founder of Apdif.
Apdif developed four applications with GeneXus, a low-code platform that facilitates the creation of native and responsive web applications for mobile devices, based on Artificial Intelligence. They are available for free from Google and Apple stores in Portuguese, Spanish and English versions. And they are used in more than 10 countries, both at the family and institutional levels.
Among the applications developed by Apdif through the GeneXus platform, the best known is “ChatTEA”, which facilitates communication between the autistic person and family and friends through the possibility of replying to messages with multiple choice images. For example, for a question "how are you?", the person with autism has three response options: a happy face, a neutral face, and a sad face.
Other tools are “Interact”, which, in turn, allows you to program hypothetical situations to help the autistic person to practice dialogues and, thus, reduce the anxiety of social interaction. As for “Eu Carrego Tudo”, its function is to contribute to people's autonomy when organizing their different backpacks. Finally, “Now I read”, which allows you to create your own stories with images, text and voice, thus promoting activities such as reading and writing.
“We want to contribute to inclusion and this involves adapting content and developing activities that consider the specific characteristics of a group of people, making environments more accessible, inclusive and supportive. Through these applications, many people are able to communicate, for the first time, with their families”, concludes GeneXus Brazil Country Manager Ricardo Recchi.
Living with this reality, Daniela Sniadower and Gerardo Wisosky, parents of a child with ASD, founded Apdif: Different Learning. The project creates applications to increase self-esteem and independence, especially for autistic people, but it can also be used by all people with some difficulty in communicating, executing, organizing, learning, among others.
“The needs of people with intellectual disabilities are not taken into account in society and this leads to greater isolation. The lack of inclusive tools motivated us to develop this project. Technology has now allowed us to multiply and expand our knowledge with strategies learned in recent years and thus reach more people, impacting this population, their families and their environment", explains Daniela Sniadower, CEO and co-founder of Apdif.
Apdif developed four applications with GeneXus, a low-code platform that facilitates the creation of native and responsive web applications for mobile devices, based on Artificial Intelligence. They are available for free from Google and Apple stores in Portuguese, Spanish and English versions. And they are used in more than 10 countries, both at the family and institutional levels.
Among the applications developed by Apdif through the GeneXus platform, the best known is “ChatTEA”, which facilitates communication between the autistic person and family and friends through the possibility of replying to messages with multiple choice images. For example, for a question "how are you?", the person with autism has three response options: a happy face, a neutral face, and a sad face.
Other tools are “Interact”, which, in turn, allows you to program hypothetical situations to help the autistic person to practice dialogues and, thus, reduce the anxiety of social interaction. As for “Eu Carrego Tudo”, its function is to contribute to people's autonomy when organizing their different backpacks. Finally, “Now I read”, which allows you to create your own stories with images, text and voice, thus promoting activities such as reading and writing.
“We want to contribute to inclusion and this involves adapting content and developing activities that consider the specific characteristics of a group of people, making environments more accessible, inclusive and supportive. Through these applications, many people are able to communicate, for the first time, with their families”, concludes GeneXus Brazil Country Manager Ricardo Recchi.
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