This article highlights the number of new apps being developed for tablets in order to help kids with autism communicate. Ted Conley has developed TapSpeak apps to help his son with autism generate images and sounds on his iPad. Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently set up a site, Hacking Autism, to encourage independent developers to create apps that work on tablets other than the iPad. The appeal of a tablet is functional – all a child needs is his finger to touch the screen. For older kids, the appeal is also aesthetic – they do not feel conspicuous carrying around large picture notebooks.