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Detecting Agitation Before Behavioral Escalation in Autistic Youth Through Multimodal Wearable Sensing

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 21, 2026 · UTC

Challenging behaviors including aggression, self-injury, and property destruction are observed in 68% of autistic youth and pose risks to youth and caregivers. These episodes are preceded by agitation, a rising state of distress expressed through movement, vocalization, and autonomic arousal. Its signs are subtle and individualized, and its autonomic components are invisible without instrumentation. We collected upper-body movement from inertial measurement units, physiology from a wrist-worn device, and vocalizations from lapel microphones across 30 clinician-led sessions with 15 autistic you

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