Autiparent
Autiparent
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Mobile Application
AutiParent is designed to help parents of children with Autism get help in taking care of their child by being the middle man between a qualified babysitter and the parent. Parents are also given financial relief in the purchasing of medication with the use of app gamification.
AutiParent is designed to help parents of children with Autism get help in taking care of their child by being the middle man between a qualified babysitter and the parent. Parents are also given financial relief in the purchasing of medication with the use of app gamification.
The challenge was to design a hybrid application that incorporates elements of gamification for a specific social group of people.
The challenge was to design a hybrid application that incorporates elements of gamification for a specific social group of people.
Design Frame
Design Frame
Problem
Problem
Parents of children with Autism feel that they do not have support with their child and also sometimes struggle financially due to medication being expensive.
Design Frame
Design Frame
How might we help parents of children with Autism take care of their children and give them financial relief?
Solution
Solution
Give parents access to babysitting services that provides parents with specialised babysitters. Have parents be able to decide on the amount they can afford for the babysitter and sometimes not charge them for delivery when ordering medication gives financial relief.
Research Summary
Research Summary
For this application, it is very important to not only understand what the disorder is but also understand how the disorder affects the parent of a the child with the disorder.
For this application, it is very important to not only understand what the disorder is but also understand how the disorder affects the parent of a the child with the disorder.
Learn
Learn
Parents need to understand the disorder
Parents need to understand how the disability affects their children's lives
Parents need to understand how the disability affects their children's behaviour
Relationship Building
Relationship Building
Parents don't know what to do to help their child
Parents don't understand their child
Parent and child don't know how to communicate
Therapy
Therapy
There needs to be a mediator between parent and child
The child need someone that understand their perspective
Features and Functions
Features and Functions
The features and function of the application are a solution to the problems experienced by parents. The application supports parents by allowing parents the access to babysitters qualified to take care of childern with Autism. The application also allows discount when ordering medication for their children after having ordered a certain amount of times on the application.
The features and function of the application are a solution to the problems experienced by parents. The application supports parents by allowing parents the access to babysitters qualified to take care of childern with Autism. The application also allows discount when ordering medication for their children after having ordered a certain amount of times on the application.
Finding an affordable Babysitter
Finding an affordable Babysitter
AutiParent allows parents to find a babysitter that is qualified and affordable. Parents do this by choosing the price range that they can afford and are given babysitters that are within that price range.
Delivery Coupon
Delivery Coupon
Parents get one Coupon after every five orders made on the app. This coupon allows parents two free deliveries on there next two deliveries.
Babysitter and Delivery history
Babysitter and Delivery history
History is provided on who has been called-in for babysitting as well as on past deliveries. This is necessary for safety reasons. A parent is still able to contact the babysitter after they have taken care of their child.
Gamification
Gamification
The user sometimes struggles to afford medication. The app helps the user by giving them Coupons. This decreases the users expenses making the ordering of medication slightly cheaper for them. This happens when the user has ordered medication 5 times on the app. The user receives 1 Coupon after doing this. One Coupon gives the user the next two orders free of delivery charge. A Coupon is awarded after every 5 orders.
Visual Design
Visual Design
The application is colourful and vibrant so that it is inviting to parents. The background consists of organic shapes to contribute to giving the app a vibrant feel. Parents that use the app are able to call a babysitter in as well as order medication for their child and the gamification is applied when the parent has ordered medication on the application a certain amount of times. The application awards the parent a coupon for the next two deliveries.
The application is colourful and vibrant so that it is inviting to parents. The background consists of organic shapes to contribute to giving the app a vibrant feel. Parents that use the app are able to call a babysitter in as well as order medication for their child and the gamification is applied when the parent has ordered medication on the application a certain amount of times. The application awards the parent a coupon for the next two deliveries.
This application addresses a serious problem parents of children with Autism experience. The application gives parents access to help in taking care of their children but there is still a lot of difficulties that need to be addressed such as, issues of communication between child and parent, giving parents the needed emotional support, and supporting parents by allowing them into a community of other parents that can relate to what they are experiencing. There is also a lot of development that could be made with the way that the app provides parents with financial relief. The application could collaborate with pharmaceutical companies to come up with a better and more effective solution to parents financial issues and concerns.
This application addresses a serious problem parents of children with Autism experience. The application gives parents access to help in taking care of their children but there is still a lot of difficulties that need to be addressed such as, issues of communication between child and parent, giving parents the needed emotional support, and supporting parents by allowing them into a community of other parents that can relate to what they are experiencing. There is also a lot of development that could be made with the way that the app provides parents with financial relief. The application could collaborate with pharmaceutical companies to come up with a better and more effective solution to parents financial issues and concerns.
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