How Educational Apps Are Helping Children With Autism
At Emma Cooper's home in downtown Denver, emotional and social learning is a much discussed issue. Emma's six-year old son Alec, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when he was two, can't always pick up social cues naturally. Emma was always on the lookout for creative ways to help her son enhance his social skills. Since Alec loved to fiddle with his mother's iPad, Emma was pleased to download the "Math on the Farm" and Make Sentences" autism educational apps for her son. But before she could allow Alec use the two apps, Emma herself sat down to check the content of the two autism apps for his son. She found that the content was just perfect for him. Both the apps were fun to play with. The navigation buttons were a little tricky to use at the beginning. But as soon Alec got accustomed to them, the rest was pretty much easy. It has been a smooth sailing ever since. Emma loved the two autism education apps because they kept Alec engaged and