AutismSees' Mission: AutismSees mission is to improve social skills & connect young adults with Asperger's / Autism to disability-friendly employment opportunities. We want to provide the best resources to families who have a child transitioning out of high school and into the workforce. The app we designed will be a social emotional learning assessment tool and will have resources for families and young adults tailored to meet their needs.
What is the current Podium App?
Social Impact: AutismSees LLC designed an iPad and web application called Podium that streams job interview questions and lets users self-assess social skills!
Future App Design: Our future core technology will be a data collection and visualization software that provides video analysis and feedback on job interviews (future: classroom presentations, and public speaking) skills to users through measures associated with eye contact, facial expressions, and speech. We are evaluating and scoring users’ video content to create a “standard” one-on-one presentation and interview experience. Our hope is to help in the hiring process for individuals with disabilities or autism.
The Story
The Podium App is a minimal viable product at the start of a development cycle for a full software program that allows users to develop and/or enhance critical soft skills needed for successful occupational and social functioning. These skills include direct eye-contact, verbal presentation, public speaking, enthusiastic delivery of content, and self-awareness. The Podium program will offer teachers, therapists, and educational institutions the ability to engage and develop students in need of interviewing, presentation, and related soft skills necessary for work achievement.
Originally conceived by Danielle Feerst, and built by a team of engineers under her guidance, Podium was formed and co-founded by Alexandria Trombley, MS Human Factors Engineering Tufts University. Podium has been tested at MGH Aspire and showcased at Landmark, the Autism Speaks Investment Conference, the Tufts 100K Competition, MassChallenge 2015, the Stanford BASES product design competition in 2014, and Microsoft’s Challenge Cup 2015. AutismSees LLC was founded in 2014 by Danielle Feerst with a mission to improve the world’s communication skills, and donate tech resources for data tracking in social psychology back to the autism community.
What is the current Podium App?
Social Impact: AutismSees LLC designed an iPad and web application called Podium that streams job interview questions and lets users self-assess social skills!
Future App Design: Our future core technology will be a data collection and visualization software that provides video analysis and feedback on job interviews (future: classroom presentations, and public speaking) skills to users through measures associated with eye contact, facial expressions, and speech. We are evaluating and scoring users’ video content to create a “standard” one-on-one presentation and interview experience. Our hope is to help in the hiring process for individuals with disabilities or autism.
The Story
The Podium App is a minimal viable product at the start of a development cycle for a full software program that allows users to develop and/or enhance critical soft skills needed for successful occupational and social functioning. These skills include direct eye-contact, verbal presentation, public speaking, enthusiastic delivery of content, and self-awareness. The Podium program will offer teachers, therapists, and educational institutions the ability to engage and develop students in need of interviewing, presentation, and related soft skills necessary for work achievement.
Originally conceived by Danielle Feerst, and built by a team of engineers under her guidance, Podium was formed and co-founded by Alexandria Trombley, MS Human Factors Engineering Tufts University. Podium has been tested at MGH Aspire and showcased at Landmark, the Autism Speaks Investment Conference, the Tufts 100K Competition, MassChallenge 2015, the Stanford BASES product design competition in 2014, and Microsoft’s Challenge Cup 2015. AutismSees LLC was founded in 2014 by Danielle Feerst with a mission to improve the world’s communication skills, and donate tech resources for data tracking in social psychology back to the autism community.
