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Halloween Fun from Toca Boca!

Trick or Treat? No trick just a treat from Toca Boca offering Toca Boo app for free! Toca Boo app (free; iPhone/iPad) provides a holiday fun with surprises in the app.  Projected for 4 year olds and older, this interactive app supplies  hunt … Continue reading

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Dexteria Visual Motor Integration App – New!

Binary Labs, creator of apps for Occupational Therapists has developed a new app, Dexteria Visual Motor Integration App (3.99; iPad/iPhone). Developed for 4-6 year olds, Dexteria VMI provides visual matching, figure ground, visual discrimination and visual memory tasks. The app provides two modes, a … Continue reading

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Keeble, Keedogo and Keedogo Plus – Back to School Sale from Assistiveware!

Back to School Sale! What a great back to school deal – 50% off for Keeble, Keedogo and Keedogo Plus apps from AssistiveWare. Keeble  and Keedogo apps are some of my favorite apps, providing word prediction, spelling and access support in your keyboard when … Continue reading

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Nike Unveils Shoes For People With Special Needs

Thanks to a plea from a teen with cerebral palsy seeking shoes he could put on his feet independently, Nike is introducing sneakers designed specifically for people with disabilities. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.disabilityscoop.com With a plea from a teen … Continue reading

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Nike Unveils Shoes For People With Special Needs

Thanks to a plea from a teen with cerebral palsy seeking shoes he could put on his feet independently, Nike is introducing sneakers designed specifically for people with disabilities. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.disabilityscoop.com This isn’t an app and not … Continue reading

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Review: Flipwrite iPad Keyboard

I’ve read several nonscientific studies that concluded students type equally well whether they use iPads or traditional keyboards (click here; scroll to ‘Keyboarding: iPad vs. Traditional’). These …   As scooped with Scoop.it from: http://askatechteacher.com/2015/06/22/review-felix-flipbrand-ipad-keyboard/ Jacqui Murray at Ask a Tech … Continue reading

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Apps for ADL Training

                           I Do Hygiene, Getting Dressed, Chores, Food Apps         The Center for Educational Technology, dedicates it’s services to education for the 21st Century. Among their projects are special needs apps,  with  “I Do” apps focusing on step by step instruction for … Continue reading

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ARC Pen for Parkinson’s Disease – The Assistive Technology Daily

Scooped from The AT Daily: http://attraining.org/atdaily/2015/04/20/pen-for-parkinsons-disease/ The ARC pen might look laughably large, but it could be the perfect option for folks with Parkinson’s disease. It was created by a group of students from UK’s Royal College of Art and … Continue reading

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Practice Home Safety

Originally posted on Alzheimer's Activities and More!:
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Sesame Touch-Free Smartphone

First Touch-Free Smartphone, designed for people with disabilities Source: http://www.indiegogo.com Thanks to Assistive Technology Daily for posting information about the Touch Free-Smartphone development. Read on about the Sesame project for accessing Android phones hands free! What a great advance! For … Continue reading

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