iPads Apps for Adults with Developmental Disability - Live, Learn, Work and Play

1. iPads as Assistive
Technology:
Apps for Adults
with
Developmental
Disabilities to
Live, Learn,
Work and Play
Kate Ahern, M.S.Ed.
Easter Seals
Massachusetts

2. Basics
iPad Options
• Older versions (1, 2) no longer available
except used – limited features
• News versions vary in size (regular or mini),
color (black or white), memory (16, 32, 64,
128 G), data plan capability, and of course
price
• If you need to store audio or video you will
need more memory
• If you do not have consistent wifi you will
need a data plan

3. Settings
• General
– Text size is adjustable
– Turn on or off multi-tasking
(“flicking” between apps)
– Lock rotation
– Restrictions
• Accessibility
– Speak selection
– Speak auto-text
– Large and/or bold text
– Button shapes
– Contrast
– Reduce motion
– Labels
– Hearing aids and closed captions
– Guided access (“child safety
mode”)
– Switch access
– Assistive touch
– Home speed click
– Accessibility short cut

4. Cases
• ArmourBox Kiddo ($20) • GripCase ($35+)
• Big Grips ($35+) • Lifeproof, OtterBox and
similar ($60+)

5. Mounts
For wheelchairs, tables
and to prevent “tossing”
• Joy Factory Mount
($170)
• Loc Line Mount ($70-
100)
• Ablenet Mounts ($200-
350)

6. IPADS FOR ADULTS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
• Live
• Learn
• Work
• Play

7. Live
• Photomind
• $2.99
• Use photos to create
reminders
• http://bit.ly/1v7aIa6

8. Live
• MyShoppi
• free
• Use provided, your own
or Google photos to
shopping lists
• http://bit.ly/WZnvfO

9. Live
• Weather Wear
• $0.99
• Shows weather
conditions and how to
dress for it.
• http://bit.ly/1sbargN

10. Learn
• Pictello
• $14.99
• Create your own books
with text-to-speech or
recorded voices, photos
and video clips
• http://bit.ly/1dOcAal

11. Learn
• GCF Vocabulary Videos
• Free
• Videos clips illustrating
many English words
• Part of the free GCF free
reading instruction
program for Adults
• http://bit.ly/1lx0Xsg

12. Learn
• Next Dollar Up
• $4.99
• Teaches the “Dollar Up”
method of managing
money while shopping
• http://bit.ly/1npcKsj

13. Learn
• Shop ‘n’ Pay
• $3.99
• Teaches the “Dollar Up”
method of managing
money while shopping
• http://bit.ly/UScET5

14. Work
• MasterTask
• Free or $0.99 for
Dropbox Integration
• Use photos and videos
to create step-by-step
directions
• http://bit.ly/1srGv1Q

15. Work
• Time Timer
• $2.99
• Customizable, visual
countdown timer
• http://bit.ly/1kE6HW5
• Picture Prompt Timer
• $3.99
• First/Next schedule
with visual countdown
uses your photos
• http://bit.ly/1ss1lhw

16. Work
• Judy Lynn Software
• Sorting – Age Appropriate
• $7.99
• Sequencing – Life Skills
Bundles
• $7.99
http://www.judylynn.com
/ipad/

17. Play
• Foov at the Ball Park
• free
• A fitness app for most
abilities – play and learn
about baseball
• http://bit.ly/UZ9VHq

18. Play
• Cause and Effect
Sensory Light Box
• free
• Light and sound to
entertain and teach
cause and effct
• http://bit.ly/1kDY7H4

19. Play
• Video Star
• free
• A music video making
app that is easy and fun
to use plus save your
videos for later
• http://bit.ly/1mjsXQ0

20. Play
• ChatterPix
• free
• Use any photo, draw a
line for the mouth,
record your voice!
• http://bit.ly/1g5Ul6I

21. Play
• Niki Play
• free
• Create pages with two
to nine choices of
videos from your video
library or YouTube, easy
access to favorite videos
• http://bit.ly/1s8JNZ6