article_snippet.sent: In particular, many autistic people like order and predictability.
article_snippet.sent: At a young age, for example, experts are finding that simple, carefully constructed apps are enabling affected children to feel safe and communicate more readily because the software is more predictable and ordered than human interaction.
article_snippet.sent: Technology responds in the same way every time; you press a button and a button responds how you expect a button to,' Walton told MailOnline. '
article_snippet.sent: This particularly appeals to autistic children who can become scared and confused by unpredictability.'
article_snippet.sent: While Vicki Clarke, owner and president of Dynamic Therapy Associates in Georgia added: 'People are messy and computers are neat. '
article_snippet.sent: For our friends with autism, this consistency is easy to understand and comforting.'