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Grand Challenges: Fostering Inclusivity through Technology (FIT)

Achieving Common Ground in Autistic-Neurotypical Interactions with Innovations in Video Calling

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Fostering Inclusivity through Technology (FIT)

Grant Type: Team Project Grant
Topics: Social Justice, Health, Autism, Ethical Technologies
Colleges Represented: BSOS, ARHU, BGMT, CMNS, ENGR, INFO

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Autistic people experience sensory and social information differently from neurotypical people, and this leads to frequent miscommunications and discrimination in majority-neurotypical workplaces. If the precise causes and consequences of autistic-neurotypical misalignments in workplace conversations can be better understood, a new opportunity can be unlocked: to create augmented spaces for communication that negotiate differences and bridge gaps in neurodiverse workplaces. The Fostering Inclusivity through Technology (FIT) is a video-calling platform that promotes mutual understanding by highlighting team sentiment, building rapport with strangers, connecting past and current topics in conversations, and unobtrusively identifying and resolving misunderstandings. The research brings together autistic people, social scientists, technologists, and stakeholders in industry, policy, and advocacy to describe communication needs in workplaces, understand real-time communication dynamics in single- and mixed-neurotype interactions, and develop efficacy and ethical criteria for technology to support autistic-neurotypical communication.

Researcher Yi Ting Huang presents information regarding FIT
Yi Ting Huang headshot PI: Yi Ting Huang

Associate Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences

BSOS Kathryn Dow-Burger Headshot Kathryn Dow-Burger

Clinical Associate Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences

BSOS Andrew Begel headshot Andrew Begel

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Carol Espy-Wilson headshot Carol Espy-Wilson

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ISR

ENGR Elizabeth Redcay headshot Elizabeth Redcay

Associate Professor, Psychology

BSOS Shevaun lewis headshot Shevaun Lewis

Assistant Research Professor and Assistant Director, Language Science Center

ARHU Ge Gao headshot Ge Gao

Assistant Professor, Information Studies

INFO Louiqa Raschid headshot Louiqa Raschid

Professor, Information Systems

BGMT Ira Kraemer headshot Ira Kraemer

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, Biology

CMNS Quentin leifer headshot Quentin Leifer

Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation

BSOS

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