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This Video Game Is Helping Kids with Special Needs

Marc Zimmerman created Social Express to help his autistic twin boys understand the world around them. Now the game is helping kids all over the world. by Jessica Toomer Musician Marc Zimmerman had been disappointed with how schools handled his twin autistic boys for some time. As a result of autism, his third-grade sons needed extra help developing social and emotional…
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Parents of Twins with Autism Open Up About the App They Created to Help Kids Develop Social Skills: It’s ‘Incredible’ to See Its Impact

By Tiare Dunlap @tiaredunlap 04/29/2016 AT 01:50 PM EDT Shari Grande and her husband call the day their two-year-old son Elijah was diagnosed with autism “the day of nevers.” “His physician told us he’ll never talk, he’ll never interact, it was just one ‘never’ after the next,” Grande, 49, tells PEOPLE. Eleven years after his…
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These Parents of Autistic Twins Are Helping Kids All Over the World with Social Skills

When Marc Zimmerman’s twins were given an autism diagnosis, he decided to create something to make their lives better. By Jamie Pacton Courtesy Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman has been a rockstar, composer, real estate broker, and software startup entrepreneur. But his latest project—founding and running the company responsible for the incredible social situation simulator The…
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Bullying, Students with Disabilities, and Social Emotional Skills

Bullying, Students with Disabilities, and Social Emotional Skills Students with disabilities face an increased risk of being bullied. Some also engage in bullying behavior. To ensure the emotional well-being of its most vulnerable students, schools must take essential steps to reduce the bullying of students with disabilities and remedy the harmful effects. This document will…
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Social Express named in Common Sense Media Power Up Special Needs & Learning Difficulties Guide for kids!

Congratulations! We just launched Common Sense Media’s updated Power UP Special Needs and Learning Difficulties Guide for kids — and it includes The Social Express II! Being included in our Special Needs and Learning Difficulties Guide is quite an achievement. Our team spent several months surveying research, conducting interviews, and field testing products with experts, field…
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Autism Education Company Presents at ASHA 2012 Convention November 15-17

    San Diego, CA—(PRWeb) November 15, 2012—Speech-language pathologists and professionals attending the 2012 ASHA Convention, who are looking for interactive social skills education for autism, will want to visit The Social Express™ in Booth 408.  The Social Express is a peer-reviewed program that recently won the coveted Software Information and Industry Association (SIIA) Innovation Incubator…
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Autism Software: 5 Winners of iPad GIVEAWAY

We have the five winners of our autism software GIVEAWAY! Thanks to all who participated in our contest to giveaway our education for autism learning app!   Autism Software Winners Emails Sent Congratulations to our 5 winners! We sent each of them emails early today, telling the codes so they can download the iPad version…
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