{"id":5505,"date":"2020-10-12T21:05:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T21:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2020-10-17T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T09:42:32","slug":"app-to-help-people-on-the-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/app-to-help-people-on-the-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Autistic Teenager Creates App To Help People On The Spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/culturas.us\/author\/soniankang\/\">Sonia Smith-Kang<\/a> (September 4, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An 18-year-old software developer has created an iOS app to help those on the autistic spectrum in their day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan Shallcross, who has a form of autism and lives in the English town of Torquay, developed <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/aumi\/id1454283852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aumi<\/a> to enable people to manage their anxiety, monitor their mental health and reduce burnout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe app has been built with people on the autism spectrum in mind, and his has influenced the design and functionality of the entire app,\u201d he says.&nbsp;\u201cHowever, it is not just for people on the autism spectrum. People who have high anxiety, are frequently burnt out, or struggle with their mental health may also find it useful.\u201d . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicholasfearn\/\">Nicholas Fearn<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/#7622a5592254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sonia Smith-Kang (September 4, 2019) An 18-year-old software developer has created an iOS app to help those on the autistic spectrum in their day-to-day lives. Ethan Shallcross, who has a form of autism and lives in the English town of Torquay, developed Aumi to enable people to manage their anxiety, monitor their mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,134],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5517,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions\/5517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokutangaza.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}