Smart Watches

Current thinking on smart watches August 25, 2016

There are an unfortunately high percentage of people with autism spectrum

disabilities who also inherited tendencies for seizures, irregular heart

rhythm (either tachycardia or bradycardia - so far, no one with both heart

problems) and the poorly defined and not well understood condition

described as overheating.

Recent findings communicated to us in manuscript indicate that for SOME

sufferers - perhaps many - there are warning signs. In particular, if heart

rate begins to change, body temperature starts to rise, or blood pressure

increases, a seizure or other incident may be imminent. Whether sitting or

lying down, putting on a cool wrap, or sipping some water will help remains

to be seen. It is likely that both warning signs and treatments will vary with

the individual. Even though there are dozens of genes potentially involved

we are hoping to eventually discover simplifying groups.

For those purposes we currently prefer a smart watch that embeds sensors

for body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate. Given the high rate of

diabetes, we believe an additional sensor for blood glucose would be very

useful. We currently have no (zero) need for an on-wrist display. We

would be strongly inclined toward a device that can communicate directly

with a server or hub as opposed to a smart phone.