Ask HN: Programming resources for people with poor reading comprehension
An acquaintance's daughter is on the Autism spectrum. She's brilliant at math, but has trouble with reading and writing words. She can communicate using spoken language just fine, however.
She'd really like to pursue game design. She took a course to learn, but had trouble making sense of the material. I assume (but don't know for sure) that the class focused on an object-oriented language and I figure that this probably caused her friction in making sense of programming.
I think she could benefit from functional programming exercises that just focus on showing math and programming. (think Duolingo with math -> programming instead of English -> programming)
I want her to be given the chance to succeed in programming and I hope maybe there are some resources that will allow her to excel.
Does anyone have any resources for this kind of learner? I know that everything is case-by-case with unique learning needs, but if you have anything, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks