Hear from Ciara-Beth Ní Ghríofa, who created an app to help people with autism
Her app led her to travel the world to work with UNESCO.
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Ciara-Beth Ní Ghríofa
No stranger to the TechSpace Programme, Ciara-Beth has some powerful and creative things to say
Ciara-Beth is on a mission to prove to the world that Autism doesn’t define a person. She completed her Leaving Certificate in Coláiste an Éachreidh, Athenry, in June of 2018 and is now studying Psychology and Computing in UCC on a Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Scholarship.
She received the scholarship as a result of her creation of an app called “MiContact”, which aims to help people who are on the Autism Spectrum learn to make and maintain eye contact in a way that is comfortable to them.
As a result of her app she has traveled the world to work with UNESCO and was honoured to be named a 2018 Global Teen Leader with the We Are Family Foundation.
She launched MiContact in early 2019 and hopes to continue to develop digital resources to help people on the Autism Spectrum in the coming year.
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