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title: "WSJ: Robots Take a Turn Leading Autism Therapy in Schools"
description: New tech teaching emotional and communication skills shows early signs of connecting with children with autism spectrum disorder
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# [WSJ: Robots Take a Turn Leading Autism Therapy in Schools](https://www.robokind.com/press-mentions/robots-take-a-turn-leading-autism-therapy-in-schools)

 Written by [Jeff Goodman](https://www.robokind.com/press-mentions/author/jeff-goodman) | May 20, 2019 4:48:09 PM

Two third grade students sit slumped in an office at Robert Waters Elementary School, a 2-foot robot named Milo on the table before them.

Milo moves his hands and eyebrows, blinks and makes eye contact during a session that is used as part of their autism therapy.

“Today we’re going to talk more about conversations between two people,” says Milo in a computer generated boy’s voice that’s 20% slower than normal. “A person in a conversation may ask the other person a question and then listen for their answer and then say something else.”

Click [here](https://www.wsj.com/articles/robots-take-a-turn-leading-autism-therapy-in-schools-11558344600?mod=hp_lead_pos11) to read the full article.

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