UTSA builds personal AI for teaching kids living on autistic spectrum : The Hearing Journal

UTSA has established a wearables and artificial intelligence laboratory to provide precision treatment plans to improve learning among those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers will automate data collection and analysis of behavioral sensing data that can be used as an AI-augmented treatment specializer. The AI-augmented learning and applied behavior analytics ABAi Lab is a joint venture between the Child and Adolescent Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) and the Secure AI Laboratory for Autonomy (AILA), both at UTSA. These results could be used in AR/VR, gameplay and other digital platforms to create greater access to treatments and standardize them. "With applied behavioral analysis, we are limited by the data that a human observer can collect while also being present and interactive with the child," said Leslie Neely, associate professor of educational psychology in the College of Education and Human Development at UTSA and director of CAPRI.