Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey 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! Last week I talked about Duolingo, which is a fun, educational app that helps teach users […]
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Articulation Arcade
Articulation Arcade is an app for children ages 3 and up with speech sound delay, speech sound disorder, and apraxia. The app features games that allow for speech sound practice at word, phrase, and sentence levels, facilitating targeted, speech practice. Articulation Arcade features five different games for children to choose from. There is also a […]
Dynamilis Handwriting App
Learning to handwrite can be challenging for many children, especially if they have dysgraphia or other special needs. Fortunately, there are apps like Dynamilis to help in this task! Dynamilis is an app designed to help children improve their handwriting skills and abilities in a fully immersive way. By developing legible, automated handwriting, children can […]
MedReady Automatic Medication Dispenser
Many individuals aging in place may have difficulty remembering and taking their medications when they’re supposed to. The original MedReady Automatic Medication Dispenser can help with that! According to the product’s website, “MedReady increases medication compliance up to 96.7% by virtually eliminating missed doses and overdosing medication. If the medication is prescribed correctly, the effectiveness […]
AM545 Duolingo
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey 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! Learning new languages can be challenging, but apps like Duolingo can help make it fun! Duolingo […]
Naming Therapy App for Aphasia
According to Mayo Clinic, aphasia is a disorder that affects how individuals communicate. It can impact the way they write and understand both spoken and written language. Here’s more from Mayo Clinic’s website: “Aphasia usually happens suddenly after a stroke or a head injury. But it can also come on gradually from a slow-growing brain […]