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Students hope to have autism app ready by March 2025
X Manx Newscast - News Interviews in Full
Thursday, 7 March 2024 - 12 minutes
Government's launched a new strategy to make the Isle of Man a more autism friendly island.
There's six goals ranging from increasing awareness to improved access and support.
However Ballakermeen students working on the ARCA app - which aims to improve communication for non-verbal autistic people and reduce societal stigmas - believe more could be done.
The idea for it stemmed from a Junior Achievement Isle of Man competition which Ralph Scott, Reuben Carridge and Natercia Munhemba are participating in as 'Team Evesta'.
They spoke to Chanelle Sukhoo: