
New Israeli app for special-needs communication
Children who lack verbal skills can now send and receive messages on their mobile devices by using Ola Mundo’s pictorial symbols.
Ruthie Blum, a former editor at The Jerusalem Post, is a columnist for Israel Hayom and the author of “To Hell in a Handbasket: Carter, Obama, and the ‘Arab Spring.’”

Children who lack verbal skills can now send and receive messages on their mobile devices by using Ola Mundo’s pictorial symbols.

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