AI Empowered Skills and interests in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Aims:
This project aims to document and curate in a searchable fashion the unique skills and interests of individuals on the autism spectrum. This will provide a worldwide voice activated searchable resource of unique skills and interests in ASD for current and future generations. In addition, the database will also provide personalized matches for large employers who are recruiting neurodiverse individuals with specific skill sets.
Approach:
We will reach out to a large number of individuals with ASD and their caregivers via social media and online platforms to record a series of interviews with high functioning ASD individuals, illustrating their unique skills and expertise. These curated videos would be stored on our website and arranged by groupings of interests, skills, etc. We would like this to be an interactive platform for users via the use of AI, such that on our website's project page, the viewer would input a specific question into a search box (e.g. "Show me someone with interest or expertise in airline or automobile design"), or input key works ("airline" or "automobile design") and the search would produce clips from interviews that match the criteria via AI technology.
We also plan to collect a roster of large companies that demonstrate hiring practices related to neurodiversity, and use our platform to match the interests/skills of the individuals with ASD from our database to the position openings of businesses/employers.