The Apple Watch helps improve the life of an autistic person

The Apple Watch has been converted into a device that helps us improve our physical shape and health, something that its own creators had not suspected when they were with the first sketches of the Apple Watch. To the sensor of cardiac rhythm disturbances, the electrocardiogram and the applications to monitor our physical activity, since the arrival of watchOS 6 we have to add one more function: the noise level meter. And although it may seem strange at first glance, it has helped change the life of an autistic person by improving their social integration.

It is told by the father of Sam Benett, 21, in “People” (link). Her son Sam is diagnosed with "autism spectrum disorder", and although he is a charming person who falls in love with everyone who comes close to him, he suffered for years from a lack of control of the volume of his voice that interfered significantly on their social skills. According to his father, it was not that he spoke too loudly, it was that he had a “very, very, very, very, very high” voice volume. For years they have tried everything to get their son to control the volume of his voice, without success. Sometimes they got me to temporarily lower the volume, but it was short-lived. This problem ended up causing the family to be unable to have social activities.

Dad Learns Apple Watch Helps Control Son with Autism's Loud Voice
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However, with the arrival of watchOS 6, Sam's father immediately came up with a possible solution that he couldn't believe hadn't occurred to him before: use the Apple Watch's noise meter to have his son control the volume of his voice . By using colors to identify the different noise levels, it was very easy for him to associate green with "adequate volume", and yellow with "volume too high".. Sam understood the operation immediately and under his father's astonished gaze, he was able to control his voice volume thanks to his Apple Watch.

Life has changed since then for this American family, and according to the father, "especially for the family dog, who fled to the other room as soon as Sam started talking." His dream is now to take him to a golf championship, a sport he loves, without fear that Tiger Woods will miss a stroke because of Sam.. The father concludes his story regretting not having been able to use this technology earlier because "it would have changed the life of the whole family"


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