  In recent years, much focus has been put on employing technology to make
novel behavioural aids for those with autism. Most of these are digital
adaptations of tools used in standard behavioural therapy to enforce normative
skills. These digital counterparts are often used outside of both the larger
therapeutic context and the real world, in which the learned skills might
apply. To address this, we are designing a system of automatic expression
recognition on wearable devices that integrates directly into the families
daily social interactions, to give children and their caregivers the tools and
information they need to design their own holistic therapy. In order to develop
a tool that will be truly useful to families, we proactively include children
with autism and their families as co-designers in the development process. By
providing an app and interface with interchangeable social feedback options, we
aim to produce a framework for therapy that folds into their daily lives,
tailored to their specific needs.
