BreatheWell Wear is an app for Android Wear smartwatches. It is designed to “help individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in managing stress through diaphragmatic breathing.” The BreatheWell Wear app assists users in performing slow, deep, diaphragmatic breathing by providing auditory and visual guidance to pace breathing. It also […]
Author: Laura Medcalf
Adapted Color Spinout Toy
Remember the spirograph toys you did when you were younger? The fun, unique plastic wheels and rings that allowed you to create countless amazing designs. Enabling Devices offers an adaptive product similar to a spirograph: the Adapted Color Spinout Toy! The Adapted Color Spinout allows users to make creative designs using their adaptive switch. While […]
Speech Blubs – Language Therapy App
Looking for an app to help teach your child new words and sounds? Speech Blubs is a language therapy app that uses “voice controlled and video technology to develop speech articulation for young children with or without speech difficulties.” The Speech Blubs app comes with over 1500 exercises and activities to help trigger sound and […]
AM351 – Tales2go App
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Are you looking for an audiobook service for your child? Check out the Tales2go app! According to […]
Simple Smartphone
Traditional smartphones aren’t always ideal for individuals with visual impairments or other special needs. Oftentimes the icons and text are too small, for example. The Simple Smartphone strips down the complicated features of a regular smartphone, while leaving all the convenience and connectivity of one. According to the Simple Smartphone’s website, it is “the #1 […]
myLevelUP App
Teaching nonverbal children on the autism spectrum how to read and/or communicate can be challenging. The myLevelUP app is a customizable app that teaches children how to read while building vocabulary and communication skills. Unlike similar apps, parents or educators are able to add custom words, audio clips, and images. These customizations are then added […]