WhenWear Advisor: A Cloud-Based Tool to Help Supervisors Increase Employment Options for Workers with Intellectual Disabilities

This Phase II project builds upon previous research to demonstrate the technical merit, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of combining commercially-available mobile devices and neural networks with cloud computing to further develop the WhenWear Advisor system to assist employees with intellectual disabilities (ID) to independently and successfully accomplish vocational tasks when provided with the proper automated prompts. Project objectives include: (1) completing the WhenWear Advisor system, (2) expanding features and functions, (3) performing extended usability evaluation of the system in a range of settings, and (4) preparing the system for a smooth transition into commercialization. The expected product is an intelligent cloud-based service that assists the supervisor in the creation of high-quality instructional prompts, enabling workers with ID perform at higher levels and obtain higher salaries in community integrated employment.