CLINT, the app for adults with autism

CLINT is an application used by autistic adults at home or with a healthcare professional, who may be a speech therapist, occupational therapist, professional educator, psychologist or psychomotor therapist. All professionals wishing to subscribe to CLINT can benefit from a web-based performance tracking platform. This makes it possible to see how autistic people are evolving and improving, and thus to personalize their care.

You can take the CLINT app with you wherever you go, because the app doesn’t need Wi-Fi to work, only updates.

                        CLINT games adapted to autism

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GAMES ADAPTED ACCORDING TO THE FORM OF  AUTISM

Discover the most suitable games for adults with autism with the CLINT program.

FORMS OF AUTISM

There are different forms of autism, so each person is different, with specific difficulties and needs. So it’s important to personalize the work for each individual. With Clint, this personalization is possible; the application adapts to the adult and his or her needs, but also to the professional and his or her therapeutic objectives.

With 3 levels of difficulty, Clint can be used and adapted for all types of autism.

Mild Form

In this form of autism, the person has problems with social interaction, communication or understanding others. She may also invest little in relationships and utter atypical sentences. Specific, limited interests or repetitive behaviors may also be observed.

In this game, you’ll find questions on history, art, literature, music, sports and much more. So you can vary the topics of discussion.

This game also stimulates your attention and comprehension to understand the question, and your memory to find the right answer.

This game also helps to develop social language skills. Proverbs stimulate understanding and differentiation between the literal and figurative meanings of words/expressions. For example, the proverb “When you dance, you must dance” doesn’t literally mean that you must start dancing, but that once you’ve started something, you must finish it.

The person can also learn proverbs, better recognize them in conversations and act accordingly.

Moderate Form

In this form of autism, symptoms are more pronounced, and the adult may become isolated and have difficulty interacting with others. The person may feel frustrated when they can’t control their environment, when they can’t control a behavior or when there are too many external stimuli that are difficult to manage.

Attention is also stimulated, as the person has to analyze all the images, but also activation and inhibition of movement, as they have to wait to find the double image (inhibition of movement during the search) and, once they’ve found it, click on it (rapid activation).

Finally, you can use this game together to maintain the relationship. The first person to find the double image must touch it on the screen or say the name of the image.

These skills are crucial to creating and maintaining autonomy.

This game helps to maintain a positive relationship, as it allows you to find the autistic adult’s favorite recipes, give his or her favorite ingredients or recall events related to the recipe.

Finally, to maintain the relationship, you can even look up a recipe on the game, memorize the steps or ingredients, and then cook it!

Severe Form

In this form of autism, the difficulties present are more severe. The autistic adult is unable to communicate with others or form relationships. In the most severe forms, there may be a form of non-verbal autism. The person may have fixed, repetitive ideas that they are unable to abandon. There’s a difficulty in changing mental patterns and a strong frustration when something doesn’t go as planned.

This game can also be played in pairs, with the screen divided into two sections. This helps to maintain the relationship with the autistic adult and to share the game with him/her.

Visual perception is stimulated, as the adult has to analyze the different pieces presented, and visual-spatial construction, as he has to imagine the place of each piece to reproduce the final image.

What’s more, if a part isn’t in the right place, you can still move it to find the right solution. In this way, she can make several attempts and learn to deal with frustration.

In this game, you can ask for hints: you can stimulate the use of feedback and help the person adapt to the instructions and cues they receive.

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AREAS OF FRAGILITY IN AUTISM

An adult with autism may experience various difficulties, in different areas of development and with different intensity. Clint can be adapted for each stage of autism, and can also adapt to the cognitive functions to be stimulated.

Social interaction in adults with autism

Adults with autism have difficulty in social relationships because they cannot understand non-verbal language, irony or allusive phrases. They also have difficulty understanding other people’s moods or showing their emotions. Clint allows two players to play in certain games, enabling the player to create relationships in a protected context and learn strategies to better relate to others and manage emotions.

The person can learn to accept losing points during the game, but winning in the end, and therefore learn to lose by tolerating frustration.

In the course of the game, the person can show different types of emotions and learn to manage them better.

Memory games are familiar to everyone, and adults with autism can play them with friends and family.

Finally, this game stimulates other cognitive functions such as visual exploration, visual memory and immediate memory.

Interests and behavior of adults with autism

Adults with autism have limited interests that can become fixed ideas they can’t let go of. This fixation can lead to atypical behavior, with the person displaying stereotyped movements or rituals (for example, before walking through a doorway, he or she has to kick the floor). These fixations and rituals lead adults to have fixed, limited mental patterns. It is very difficult for him to enrich or modify the mental schemas used.

This activation or inhibition forces the person to change mental patterns several times and adapt to an external stimulus.

It also stimulates visual perception, attention, hand-eye coordination and reflexes. All these cognitive functions help people to enrich their mental schemas and find new strategies.

The cognitive aspect in adults with autism

Adults with autism may also present cognitive delays, manifested by problems with executive functions such as attention, memory, logic or planning. Cognitive disorders are not present in all forms of autism, but when they are, it’s important to support the person.

We can stimulate visual memory by simply asking the autistic adult to touch the color on the screen, or verbal memory by asking them to remember the names of the colors.

What’s more, each color is associated with a different sound, stimulating auditory discrimination or auditory memory.

Last but not least, this game increases the memory span, as the number of items to be memorized increases with the player’s success.

In this game, you can ask for cues: you can stimulate the use of feedback and help the person adapt to the instructions and cues they receive.

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ADULTS WITH AUTISM AND WORK

Adult autism and the workplace often benefit from inclusive policies and workplace adaptations to maximize the unique talents and contributions of autistic individuals.

Working with an adult with autism is not always easy, because different areas of development need to be taken into account, and the severity of the disorder changes depending on the situation. Clint also allows for adaptation thanks to 3 levels of difficulty: the person can use the application at his or her own level, but the application can also follow the person’s development (for example, the person can start with the easy level and move up to the medium level once he or she has achieved better skills). The games are designed to follow people’s development according to their age, skills and needs.

Autistic adults bring a diversity of skills and perspectives to the world of work, but they may also face specific challenges related to communication, socialization, and flexibility. To foster their professional development, it is crucial to put in place inclusive work environments that offer appropriate support and reasonable accommodations. This may include awareness programs for co–workers, alternative methods of communication, and adjustments in tasks or work schedules. By recognizing and valuing the unique skills of autistic adults, companies can benefit from a diverse and talented workforce, fostering a more equitable and rewarding work environment for all.

This game strengthens memory and concentration skills, helping to process complex information efficiently. By developing this ability, autistic adults can better handle tasks that require rigorous organization, such as project planning or data management.

This game also stimulates memory and other cognitive functions. For example, if the adult has good visual abilities, they can focus on images. If he has good verbal skills, he can memorize the names of the images.

Additionally, Sudoku promotes concentration and patience, which can help individuals with autism maintain their attention on complex or repetitive tasks at work. In addition, this game offers a constructive leisure activity that can serve as a relaxing break, helping to reduce stress and promote mental well–being within the work environment.

Additionally, this type of game encourages the development of concentration, memory, and accuracy, skills that are valuable in many professions. By providing a fun and challenging activity, the mental arithmetic game can also help boost self–confidence and motivation at work in adults with autism, while also providing an enjoyable way to keep their minds active and engaged.

MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF ADULTS WITH AUTISM

The CLINT program also includes a function that allows you to see the adult’s evolution over time. It’s possible to see the results and time spent on each game, to get feedback on the work done. This feedback can be useful during therapy to see if the person is achieving their goals, or at home to monitor their development.

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EMOTIONS IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM

Emotions can be intense and complex and often require appropriate support and understanding from those around them.