Children With Autism Use Alternative Keyboard To Communicate With Their Families And Their World

September 2, 2009 | Source: ScienceDaily

(Blue Orb)

Scientists at Project Blue Skies are enabling autistic children to communicate and explore the online world using the color-coded OrbitTouch keyboard, which allows users to input letters, symbols, and commands using a video-game-like interface (less distracting than a keyboard and does not require finger motion).