Duck Duck Moose: 5 exciting apps for early learners!

As stated in many of our blogs, it’s hard to narrow down the right apps for each individual’s unique needs.  Fortunately, resources like Bridging Apps, Friendship Circle and more, simplify the app-searching process for us.  Another great source is Common Sense Graphite, a resource developed for teachers, by teachers. “We know that educators and learners are faced […]

What’s the Expression?

As human beings, we often express our needs and wants through communication, may it be verbally or through our expressions.  However, children with autism generally don’t understand how to express themselves in different situations.  The maker behind What’s the Expression? acknowledges this and has thus developed the app to help children learn to express different emotions (e.g. happiness, surprise, […]

Learn to tell time with the Tic Toc Time app!

Okay so, I acknowledge this week I have been a wee bit obsessed with apps developed by Seven Academy, but they have the potential to benefit so many people from early learners to those with developmental delays and more!  This continues to be true with their time-telling app: Tic Toc Time. In Tic Toc Time, children […]

SwiftKey Symbols: symbol-based communication app

Over a year ago, I wrote about four different assistive keyboards available on iOS devices.  The first keyboard I mentioned in the post was SwiftKey, a free keyboard app that adapts to the user.  More recently, the same company has released SwiftKey Symbols, a symbol-based assistive communication app. The Symbols keyboard is currently only available for Android devices and is “targeted at (but […]

Claria Zoom app for Android

Individuals who have macular degeneration, glaucoma, etc., commonly experience low vision.  Smartphones offer a myriad of benefits to their users, but individuals with visual impairments may be limited to its functions.  Claria Zoom is an award-winning app making these smartphones more accessible and easier-to-read for individuals with low vision. Claria Zoom is an Android app with a large character […]

Alex Learns to Sort!

“If you want your children to start adopting certain habits such as tidying their room or putting their slippers away, they must first learn which is the right place to store those objects.  Once the children have acquired this knowledge, we will be able to assign them small responsibilities.”  Such skills can be learned through the […]