A collaborative innovation experience of person-centered technology: emotional detection and possible contributions to the support of people with intellectual and developmental disabilitie

• Mendizabal Agirre, Pako ^[1] ; León Villeda, Enrique Edgar ^[2] ; Alutiz Cano, Gerardo ^[2] ; Ruiz Cabestany, Montserrat ^[1]
  1. [1] Fundación Uliazpi
  2. [2] Tecnalia
• Localización: Revista Española de Discapacidad (REDIS), ISSN-e 2340-5104, Vol. 1, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 119-131
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5569/2340-5104.01.02.07
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Una experiencia de innovación colaborativa en tecnología centrada en la persona: la detección emocional y sus posibles contribuciones al apoyo de personas con discapacidad intelectual y del desarrollo
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  • español

    El artículo pretende llamar la atención sobre lo interesante que puede resultar la colaboración entre las entidades que se dedican al desarrollo de tecnología social y las que proporcionan apoyos a personas con discapacidad intelectual y del desarrollo (DID). Este tipo de trabajo conjunto permite ofrecer una tecnología innovadora y verdaderamente centrada en la persona que satisfaga sus necesidades reales en sus entornos naturales. En nuestro caso, Tecnalia y Uliazpi vienen colaborando desde hace varios años en la identificación de necesidades y en el desarrollo de soluciones tecnológicas que las puedan satisfacer. En este artículo se presenta asimismo un proyecto producto de esta colaboración. Se trata de un sistema de detección emocional que puede apoyar la labor del profesional de apoyo a la hora de reconocer e intervenir sobre las situaciones que promueven el bienestar o el malestar de personas que no lo pueden comunicar con sus propios medios.

  • English

    The present article aims to raise awareness about the interesting results that stem from collaboration between organisations that develop social technology and those providing support to people who suffer from severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. This type of joint effort facilitates the development of innovative user centred technology that satisfies their actual needs in a natural environment. In our case, Tecnalia and Uliazpi have been working together for a number of years to identify the needs of Uliazpi’s users and the most adequate technological solutions to meet those needs. In this context, the article outlines a project that has emerged from this alliance. It consists of an emotion detection system that can help professional carers to recognise and control situations that promote or reduce the wellbeing of people who are not capable of communicating by their own means.

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