SketchUp: Why Kids With Autism Love It

A program created for architects is an unexpected hit with children on the spectrum.

SketchUp: Why Kids With Autism Love It | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com.

Science is rich with happy flukes. Remember the story of penicillin? Alexander Fleming discovered the bacteria-destroying mold by accident when he left a culture dish uncovered in his lab in 1928. Eight decades later, here’s another one: a Googlesoftware program called SketchUp, which was intended largely for architects and design professionals, has found a very unexpected and welcome fan base—children with autism. SketchUp is not only entertaining kids with autism spectrum disorders, it’s providing them with skills that might one day help them as they age out of school and into the workforce.

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One Response to “SketchUp: Why Kids With Autism Love It”

  1. Lily Says:

    I find it interesting myself. I am fascinated by architecture. Have absolutely no skill with that sort of thing but a bit of interest.

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