Intelligent supportive system for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilitiesSlapničar, Gašper (Avtor) Luštrek, Mitja (Avtor) Dovgan, Erik (Avtor) INSENSION systempeople with profound intellectual and multiple disabilitiesPeople with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) are a vul-nerable and often marginalized group of people, commonly without the ability ofsymbolic communication. This makes expressing and recognizing their innerstate and desires challenging and requires in-depth knowledge and under-standing of each individual. Use of standard assistive technologies is thusinfeasible due to lack of personalization. This challenge is tackled by theINSENSION system—a novel intelligent decision support system leveraging state-of-the-art noninvasive audio-visual sensor technologies together with machinelearning algorithms and expert knowledge, to detect and interpret behaviors andcommunications (nonverbal signals—NVSs) of people with PIMD in challengingreal-world scenarios. The detection of NVSs supports caregivers and allows thepeople with PIMD a form of communication through a communicator application.Furthermore, the system enables them to control and adjust their environmentthrough a smart room and multimedia player. According to quantitative andqualitative evaluation, good recognition accuracy is achieved, and the systemempowers people with PIMD and increases their quality of life.RESEARCH ARTICLEwww.advintellsyst.comAdv. Intell. Syst. 2025, 2400925 2400925 (1 of 19) © 2025 The Author(s). Advanced Intelligent Systems published by Wiley-VCH GmbHWiley20252025-07-29 14:02:37Neznano23115ZDAsl© 2025 The Author(s).