Dr Kean Poon Kei-yan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, has been developing the first-ever Chinese character-focused gaming app for young children with special educational needs (SEN) since 2017. “i-Maze”, is designed to integrate creative technology and play-based learning into early childhood education, and improve the working memory and academic-related abilities of children with SEN.