Several individuals with autism, sensory processing disorder, and more often benefit from deep pressure therapy. Deep Pressure Stimulation (DPS) is “firm but gentle squeezing, hugs, or holding that relaxes the nervous system.” The Big Hug Deep Pressure Positioning Aid is a positioning aid designed to calm, reorganize, and redirect the energy of children and adults […]
Posts with the assistive technology tag
Monday Tech Tip: Dictate for Office 365
Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us the Dictate feature in Office 365 that allows you to use the speech-to-text feature in Office 365 products. Check it out here: Click here for more information about Dictate.
BreatheWell Wear App
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 […]
Consumer Highlight: Heidi Whitrock
Heidi Whitrock was born and raised in Vandalia, IL and graduated from Vandalia Community High School. After high school, she got married and they moved to Godfrey, IL. While living in Godfrey, she had her daughter, Abigail, and went to Louis & Clark Community college where she obtained an Associate of Applied Science degree specializing […]
Monday Tech Tip: Suspension of Windows 7 Support
Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist at Easterseals Crossroads discusses the end of Windows 7 Support in 2020. Check it out here: Click here for more information about the end of Windows 7 Support.
Monday Tech Tip: iCanConnect
Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us iCanConnect, which is a national program that provides free equipment such as tablets, smart phones, computers and braille equipment for people who have both vision and hearing impairments and meet the federal disability and income guidelines. Check it out here: Click here for additional information […]