Revista ELECTRO
Vol. 40 – Año 2018
Artículo
TÍTULO
eWPQ: Development of a Computer-Based Work Performance Review Applications for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AUTORES
Royo-León M., Hedley D., Gal E., Katz N., Nitzan M.W., Schreuer N., Uljarevic M., Spoor J., Masters C., Bury S., Juárez-Gallegos M.A., Ramírez-Ochoa D.D., Barroso-Barajas A.J.
RESUMEN
Las personas con Trastorno del Espectro Autista (TEA ) enfrenta n dificultades significativas para acceder al mercado laboral debido a sus síntomas. Pocas organizaciones cuentan con un ambiente preparado para emplear personas del espectro autista, que pudieran requerir apoyos específicos para ser productivos en su trabajo. Existen muy pocos instrumentos de evaluación vocacional, psicométrica o de desempeño laboral diseñados específicamente para empleados en el espectro autista. Aunque las personas e n el espectro autista tengan talento para el uso de computadoras, la literatura sugiere que este uso ha sido restringido a aplicaciones terapéuticas o educacionales, y no se identifican aplicaciones diseñadas para las necesidades laborales de las personas en el espectro autista. En el presente artículo, presentamos una aplicación computacional que implementa un instrumento de desempeño laboral especialme nte diseñado para empleados en el espectro autista, con el objetivo de fa cilitar su uso por personas en e l espectro autista y reunir rápidamente datos de desempeño para su evaluación y análisis.
Palabras Clave: autismo, computación, desempeño laboral.
ABSTRACT
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD ) face significant difficulties accessing the job market due to the ir symptom s. Few organizations provide an appropriate environment to employ people on the autism spectrum who may require specific support to be productive at work. There are very few vocational, psychometric, or performance assessment instruments specifically designed for employees on the autism spectrum. Though persons on the autism spectrum may be talent ed for computer usage, the literature suggests this use has being restricted to therapeutic or education al applications, and no computer applications were identified as designed for work-related needs of people on the autism spectrum. In this paper, we present a computer application that implements a work performance instrument specifically designed for employees on the autism spec trum, with the objective to facilitate its usage by people on the autism spectrum and swiftly gather performance data for evaluation and analysis.
Keywords: autism, computing, work performance.
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CITAR COMO:
Royo-León M., Hedley D., Gal E., Katz N., Nitzan M.W., Schreuer N., Uljarevic M., Spoor J., Masters C., Bury S., Juárez-Gallegos M.A., Ramírez-Ochoa D.D., Barroso-Barajas A.J., "eWPQ: Development of a Computer-Based Work Performance Review Applications for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder", Revista ELECTRO, Vol. 40, 2018, pp. 101-1.
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