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February 20, 2012

Hacking Autism with Touch Technology

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Hacking Autism Touch Technology

“1 in 110 Children are diagnosed with Autism. People with learning differences need extra tools. Children with Autism, Students with Autism & Adults with Autism are no different – They just need a tool.” Gail Ewell Director of Hope Technology School.

When touch-enabled computing was introduced to the world, no one could have anticipated that this technology might help open up a new world of communication, learning and social possibilities for autistic children. Yet it has.

Hacking Autism is a story of technology and hope and the difference it’s making in the lives of some people who need it most.

Hacking Autism doesn’t seek to cure autism, but rather it aims to facilitate and accelerate technology-based ideas to help give those with autism a voice.

How can we facilitate and accelerate technology-based ideas to help give those with autism a voice and improve their lives? This is what Hacking Autism is all about.

Hacking Autism brings together some of the foremost autism science, advocacy and support groups with one of the world’s largest technology companies, to help give those with autism a voice.

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