Maltese man invents ‘special’ autism aidAutism can now be “aided” through a Maltese researcher’s brainwave: an invention that has been proven to improve relaxation and focus.
Its creator, Dr Adrian Attard Trevisan, insists his ground-breaking headband, known as Mente, is not a cure for autism. He calls it a “special aid”, improving autistic children’s ability to be more in touch with their surroundings by 500 per cent.
What resembles a simple headband, with two electrodes – highly sensitive microphones that record signals from the skull – allows autistic children who normally feel tense and uncomfortable in social settings to be more receptive.
It has to be worn for 40-minute sessions every day, Dr Attard Trevisan explained, since the effect fades away after sleeping.
He has been back in Malta for a year and, with his partner Alex Grech, has set up AAT Research Ltd in Mosta, employing six engineers and biomedical engineers to combine medicine and business.