IPad game to help children with autism

Children with autism as young as 18 months could be helped to improve their socialising skills thanks to a new iPad app. Children with autism as young as 18 months could be helped to improve their socialising skills thanks to a new iPad app. FindMe is a simple game that challenges children to find an onscreen character in different scenarios. Using the iPad's touch screen, players simply tap the character to move onto the next, more complex level. Grounded in research. App developers and Education and Informatics researchers from the University of Edinburgh have collaborated on the game, the first ever attempt to fuse autism research with iPad gaming. As the game progresses, children must contend with more distractions on screen.
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