Team Carp Mark Page Andrew Osborne Jasmine Gandhi March 24, 2009

Carp Members Team Carp is made up of three dedicated individuals… Mark Page- Andrew Osborne- Jasmine Gandhi- Currently a junior at Chelmsford High, Jasmine is an organized and focused student who adds a creative asset to the team. She looks forward to helping others in any way possible and is ecstatic to begin the fabrication process here.

Our Client, Mr. A Mr. A is a seven year old, autistic child. His parents tell us he is a very capable autistic child, but very shy as well. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, are very enthusiastic about having Mr. A participate in this program. Mr. and Mrs. Moore also shared with us that while he is able to recognize objects, he sometimes has a difficult time verbalizing what he has to say. For the most part, he uses placards with pictures of common activities on them. When he wants to do something he shows his parents a placard for the activity or thing he wants to do or get. His mother says these placards are very useful when he gets frustrated or simply cannot recall the word for an object. She says he suffers from a barrier between his audio and visual connection and therefore, cannot communicate to his full ability; usually these words are things he has heard before, but tends to forget them easily. In addition, they encouraged us to incorporate an aid to help Mr. A gain a concept of time, if at all possible. They would appreciate the “jump start.”

Constraints and Requirements Safety Should be safe enough for a young child to use (no sharp parts or unkempt wires) It must be inexpensive to create (cap of $150) It has to be well put together and attractive There has to be an incentive for him to use it Device should be simple to understand and operate It should incorporate things or pictures he enjoys It must be effective in helping him understand the correlation between time and activities and activity and words. Durable Effective Cannot be extremely large (likes keeping all personal objects in a toy trunk) Power source/battery needs to be rechargeable and should have a reasonable lifespan Time constraint (needs to be done mid-late March)

Project Proposal Slide Statement of Need: Our client needs to overcome visual-audio barriers and gain time concepts.

Activity Clock This activity was designed to adhere to Mr.’s parents in their request for a way to incorporate time concepts for our client By cutting out a square from the bottom of the clock we can add in a rotating activity wheel, that changes Mr. A’s job to-do according to the time. This will help with his need for a structured schedule and will hopefully demolish the visual audio barrier he has. For example, the clock on the right shows Mr. A that it is time for bed P.M.

Briefcase Proposal Device Built out of a briefcase so it’s portable Will have six buttons on the front exterior, each with a plastic sleeve for a picture When buttons are pushed, the device will say what the picture is of

Ozzie’s Slide

Final Decision Talked to Mr. A’s school teacher, Linsdey, who suggested that she wasn’t too worried about her student learning how to tell time, but more so on the fact that he still has trouble forming comprehendible, proper sentences.