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iPads used to help children with autism

By Hayley Tsukayama

A Ft. Lauderdale preschool program for children with autism has raised enough

money to buy an iPad for each of its 18 classrooms. As United Press

International reports, the tablets are loaded with applications such as

Proloquo2Go, a communication app that allows users to select phrases and words

to make sentences. The school raised the money for the iPads in an " 18 iPads in

18 Days " donation initiative.

The Baudhuin Preschool, located at the Mailmen Segal Institue at Nova

Southeastern University, specializes in teaching children with autism spectrum

disorders with programs designed for pre-kindergarten students. The school

teaches about 150 students through a contract with the Broward County Board of

Education.

The school is not the first to recognize the opportunities that touchscreen

tablets can offer for children with autism. Articles and blog posts about using

iPads to help children with autism have flooded parenting Web sites, and in

August the SFWeekly profiled a family in that calls their iPad a " near-miracle "

for their autistic son, who uses the gadget to help him communicate.

For a look at Proloquo2Go, the application mentioned in the university's press

release, check out this intro video to using the app on the iPod Touch from the

company's YouTube channel: