This new app helps autistic kids with day-to-day tasks

Helen O’Callaghan reports on a new autism assistance app.

A ground-breaking new app that acts as a virtual personal assistant for people with disabilities has revolutionised life in Lorraine Murphy’s home.

The Monaghan mum of three is “not massively techno” yet she finds the Avail app easy to use to set up schedules for her children — nine-year-old Jacob and seven-year-old twins Phoebe and Eva who have autism.