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Towards Developing A Mobile-Based Care For Children With Asd Using Remote Experience Sampling Method (Mcare), Dipranjan Das

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the most prevalent among all of the neurodevelopmental disorders, which have increased 20-30 times in the last 50 years. A child with ASD requires regular monitoring, care, and support. But, the existing social-cultural-financial constraints and the scarcity of mental health care practitioners have deprived the families raising children with ASD in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Bangladesh. However, the recent overwhelming adoption (~80%) of mobile phones has created an opportunity to improve the existing practice of care using affordable mobile applications. mCARE, a mobile-based care system, has been developed to reduce the gap between families …