The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) has recently announced the launch of a new program to provide assistive mobility devices to Indiana homeowners. The program, Ramp Up Indiana, will provide “up to $25,000 each to eligible nonprofit organizations in Indiana as part of a non-competitive rolling funding round beginning May 1, 2016. Through […]
Posts with the Accessibility tag
Celebrate Autism Awareness Month!
Did you know someone is diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes? Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability and affects 1 in every 68 children in the United States. April is National Autism Awareness Month and is an ideal time to promote autism awareness, acceptance, and to draw attention to the tens of thousands facing autism […]
Learn Empathy with Training Faces
“Empathy is the lens by which we measure and respond to others’ emotions, expressions, and feelings.” However, for individuals with autism, it is difficult for them to understand the emotional and mental states of others. There are many resources available to help teach empathy; resources can be as complex as a robot or as common and “simple” […]
See.Touch.Learn Pro App
Looking for a complete visual learning and assessment tool for your student or child with autism? See.Touch.Learn Pro is a full visual learning and assessment tool–conveniently wrapped up into an affordable iPad app! The See.Touch.Learn Pro app was developed by Brain Parade, a company founded shortly after the first iPad was released. The founder, Jim […]
Runway of Dreams
Quite some time ago, I wrote a featured article on “Independence Day Clothing”, a clothing line designed for children with autism, developed by a mom of a child with autism. There is another clothing line I’ve yet to discuss on here called “Runway of Dreams”, which was also developed by a mom of a child […]
DayCape: Daily Visual Planning
DayCape “wants everyone to live in a world where they feel excited about the day ahead of them.” DayCape is a fun and interactive digital image calendar that helps children with autism or other special needs, plan their day and make activities less intimidating. The founder, Anton Håkanson, was diagnosed with autism as a young […]