Computers: applications for people with autism
Here, we offer a brief introduction to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by and for children and adults with autism. For a more detailed approach readers can refer to the articles or websites listed below.
Katherine Mendham - mother of Tony, age three and a half - describes how he reacted to the introduction of a home computer:
As part of our behavioural intervention programme we were asked to find toys our autistic son found motivating. We found Tony liked best cause and effect toys and in particular those small, dedicated computers for children (eg Vtech IQ builders). Amazed by how well Tony worked through the programmes and delighted to discover in therapy how he had learnt number, letters and spellings, we soon moved on to computer software for our PC.
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