Why the HANDS proposal succeed or fail?

The HANDS proposal might get accepted. It might not. The decision is in the hands of the FP7 administrators and their evaluators. It is a partly an sound and rational decision, partly an political decision and partly an matter of national interests.
In the sense that it is a rational proces, we can argue for both.

The HANDS proposal is being accepted because

It is indeed a new approach to caretaking of individuals with ASD

• The results of the HANDS project will have impact on caretaking of people with cognitive disabilities and generally the Mobile Persuasive Healthcare field.
• Persuasive Technology will take a giant step forward - in the Aalborg schools interpretation.
  
• All the ethical considerations are important and new
  
• The consortium is well balanced - geographically, economically, organisationally
  
• The impacts are great and fits well with the EU policies on the areas like: elderly people, marginalised people, the labourforce and more.
  

The HANDS proposal is being rejected because

• Teenagers with ASD is an minority, a too small minority.
• The proposal lacks hardcore ICT research. Design of Gadgets and simular. (We do not agree - knowledge about the users are very important.
  
• The consortium lacks an genuin partner with track record within ICT research for individuals with ASD.
• The ethical concerns plays are to large role in the proposal.