Best Practices to Improve Autonomy of People on the Spectrum Using Handheld Devices

Technology use for people on the autism spectrum is progressively gaining broader scientific evidence to withhold its implementation. Handheld devices with specific or off-the-shelf developments, if appropriately implemented and responding to needs, can provide a relevant asset to improve autonomous functioning in some critical areas for people on the autism spectrum, like Communication, Social Interaction, Self-Regulation, Self-Management, and Independent Living. Along the text, we review and propose some options for these critical adaptative areas of development.