Tom Keating
For over twenty five years, Keating has been exploring the ways in which cognitively accessible software can augment the independence of individuals with autism, intellectual disabilities, and other cognitive disabilities while also enhancing the efforts of parents, teachers, and others in support roles. The idea of self-determination has played a central role in guiding our development activities, but we believe that although this is a fundamental construct, there has been a dearth of available tools that actually enable people with cognitive disabilities to behave in ways that foster the sense of self-efficacy that we refer to as self-determination. The result of this effort is the Cognitopia Platform for Self-Determination, whose purpose is to provide cognitively accessible tools in areas such as goal management, IEP self-direction, person-centered planning, task accomplishment, social participation, remote support, and team collaboration.