(AP) — In his work as a behavior and autism support specialist with the Corvallis School District, Jake Dorr often uses graphics called "social stories" to work with students. Dorr, who also works with students with attention deficit hyperactive disorder and a variety of developmental disabilities, said in a lot of his work he's trying to act as an interpreter, but not just to help students understand things: [...] he said, if a teacher gives an assignment in which a student is supposed to dress up as a president and give a presentation about him for the class, Dorr would suggest an alternative version of the assignment for a student who has anxiety about speaking in front of a class. Dorr said one alternative he suggests is an app called Tellegami, which lets students create an avatar that looks like them and record an audio presentation. [...] they can play the presentation and the avatar, which can be placed before a custom background and dressed in different clothes, will move its lips synchronized to audio the student records. Dorr said he was first inspired to work with people with autism when he was a camp counselor, and had autistic kids in his cabin.