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It would be fair to say there is no need to bring any three-year-old (whether with autism or not) to the computer. Particularly for children with autism there are so many areas of learning to work on that mastering a mouse must join the queue behind walking, coping with sensory issues and rudimentary nonverbal communication.

Once again with children on the autism spectrum we cannot be bound by ‘ages and stages’ of what our child should be learning and when. Computer activities controversially aimed at very young children (toddlers) may actually be highly appropriate to your nine-year-old – these usually consist of simple random on-screen cause-and-effect actions, for example your child hits any key and on the screen something exciting happens. With a healthy and responsible attitude, the computer can enhance our child’s motivation to engage and his ability to learn, without it being some sinister object in the corner competing for his already precious attention.