Looking for a fun toy that encourages correct letter formation? Fat Brain Toys offers the Magnetic Alphatab toy that is a “genius, tactile way” to practice writing uppercase letters correctly. The Magnetic Alphatab is a letter printing toy featuring magnets and a pen stylus. Users simply hold the magnetic stylus, follow the arrows, and pull […]
Author: Laura Medcalf
AM348 – T2 Mood Tracker 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! A few episodes ago, I talked about PTSD Coach, which is a free app that can help […]
Hopster Saturday Club – Empathy App
Understanding emotions can be challenging for children, especially those with special needs like autism. Hopster Saturday Club – Empathy is an app for children made to help “develop a child’s fundamental social and emotional literacy skills.” As children play through the fun mini-games within the app, they’ll begin to recognize and understand multiple emotions. They’ll […]
4 AT Products for Bed Rest
If you reside in Indiana, you likely feel the chill of winter in the air. Unfortunately, that also means flu season is among us. If you or a loved one ends up ill and/or on bed rest for any reason, I wanted to write about a few assistive technology solutions to simplify your life. No […]
Monitor your health with the Health Mapper app
Looking for a way to track your health on your iOS device? The Health Mapper app allows you to easily track symptoms, medications, and anything else that’s important and/or relevant to your health (e.g. stress, diet, etc.) While using the app, you’ll be able to monitor any health condition including acne, anxiety, asthma, chronic fatigue, […]
AM347 – Symbol-It 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! Looking for a way to translate your speech into picture symbols? Symbol-It is an app that does […]