“We are also actively seeking ways to help promote ‘children's mental health development’ with innovative technology,” Ted Chen, CEO of TUL added. “Children with autism are unable to communicate with others or take part in social activities. Parents of autistic children must always be with their children to take care of their special psychological conditions. At the same time, counseling channels are in shortage. We believe that innovative digital technology is a very helpful tool to overcome the psychological distance. Through professional interactive courses on emotional awareness and nutritional care, parents can learn how to bring up autistic children. The courses also help the children blend in with the society.”
Statistics of United Nations indicated that 1% of the world's population suffers from autism. While in Taiwan, survey conducted by Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2021 showed that autistic population grows fastest among various psychological disorders. Traditional surgical procedures or medication only provide limited results. In recent years, the international community has gradually shifted its research focus to studying the intestinal microbiota of patients with autism, and prospective clinical studies have found that intestinal microbes are significantly related to the onset of neurodevelopmental disorders and mental diseases, which also includes autism.
TUL is actively planning to implement care for children with autism with different aspects such as accurate detection of intestinal microbiota, personalized probiotic recommendations, digital psychological consultation, and online interactive courses.
Preliminary achievements of TUL Corporation's investment in social care this year:
Rural Community Care:
Many rural areas in Taiwan, such as Taitung and outlying islands, have problems of inconvenient medical treatment, severely uneven distribution of medical resources, general lack of health awareness and insufficient health education knowledge among local elders, which require more attention and resources from enterprises and the public. TUL donated probiotics to 350 elders from 11 rural communities in Taitung for the purpose of promoting healthy diet. TUL also collaborates with Digital Humanitarian Association to conduct online medical care courses in Dawu, the rural tribe with the least medical resources.
Autistic Community Care:
TUL and WaCare jointly organize digital consultation services, inviting professional psychological counselors and nutritionists to design online course to help parents of autistic children understand more about the domestic care through nutrition, parent-child interaction and emotional management. The first wave has received enthusiastic and widespread response, participated by more than 160 parents. The autism community group also expressed gratitude for companies paying attention to the issues of autistic children and helping the parents.
Next year, we will also expand the adoption of rural communities, construct a health map of rural residents, and provide on-site services; online consultation and interactive courses for autistic groups will continue, and we will organize seminar of parent-child interactive games with the Biotechnology Center. We hope to narrow the distance between autistic patients and the general public with outdoor activities and lively ways.
In addition, TUL also looks forward to creating social value through "people-oriented" social care initiatives, such as improving the health and education knowledge of relevant groups, improving the shortage of care workers in rural areas, and reducing medical and care costs. According to the latest quantitative indicator "Social Input Return-SROI" for sustainable investment in enterprises, it is estimated that more than 1,000 people will benefit each year.
About Development Center for Biotechnology
Established in 1984, the Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB) strives to act as the industry's best partner. Through technology introduction, strategic alliances, cooperative research, commissioned services, technology transfer agreements and spin-off companies establishment, DCB has successfully fostered the development of a complete biotech infrastructure and resources, as well as accelerated the value of Taiwan’s biotechnology industry, created new value and advance to the global market.
About WaCare (La Vida Tec)
WaCare developed the first Taiwan AI preventive medical application in 2016. Its functions include health information records, social community interaction, and health consultation. In addition, WaCare has also connected medical experts from all over Taiwan through video conference in the past two years to provide 24-hour consultation.
About Rural Community Adoption Project
The project was initiated by the Digital Humanitarian Association, providing professional nursing training for local caregivers according to health survey results, and arranging health education courses and one-on-one consultation services to the elders in Taiwan rural areas based on their needs. The caregivers track the health status of the elders every month, and adjust the curriculum based on the survey results to meet their health needs. The project aims to ensure the well-being of the elders and prevent disability.
About TUL
Established in 1997, TUL Corporation has dedicated its brand marketing and services in offering the ultimate total technology solutions. The current product lineup includes high-end gaming graphics cards, graphics cards dedicated for industrial control, SoC motherboards and systems, and FPGA solutions. Using the renowned brand name PowerColor as a represent of the world’s leading supplier for graphics cards, TUL also becomes the top 3 manufacturers of AMD graphics cards. In addition, TUL Embedded provides customized services to produce graphics cards dedicated for industrial control which have been adopted by major industrial computer companies. For more information, please visit http://www.tul.com.tw
Contact Us:
TUL Corp.
周忠信 Charles Chou
Tel: ＋886-2-86983000ext232
Fax: ＋886-2-86983456
Email: charles_chou@tul.com.tw
