Ron Suskind

Founder
The Affinity Project/Sidekicks

Ron Suskind is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, lecturer at Harvard Law School, and founder and chief executive officer of The Affinity Project/Sidekicks, a developer of augmentative technologies for ‘at need’ populations, starting with autism.

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Spectrum

By Ron Suskind

21 February 2017

9 min read

Animated sidekick connects parents to children with autism

In a new type of therapy for autism, parents talk or type into their phone or computer, and their words emerge in the voice of an animated character.

Spectrum

Animated sidekick connects parents to children with autism

By Ron Suskind

21 February 2017 | 9 min read

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