If your elderly loved one is having a hard time operating his or her Android phone, check out the Senior Homescreen Pro App. Many individuals only use a few apps and this app makes it easier to access those particular ones! This Android launcher app selects three apps by default, but you can easily add […]
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AssisitiveWare’s simPODD App
AssistiveWare offers a myriad of apps to help individuals with different special needs. While we’ve covered a few of their apps (e.g. Proloquo2Go), we have yet to discuss simPODD. AssistiveWare’s simPODD app is a user-friendly app that “makes communication more intuitive and printing faster.” simPODD is the only iPad app for PODD. PODD is a […]
Optelec’s ClearView GO Video Magnifier
Optelec is a company with a simple mission: “Improving the quality of life for the visually impaired and blind by reaching out with simple and effective solutions.” We’ve previously covered some of their devices (click here to view blog on ClearView C Flex.) One of the company’s newest additions is the Optelec ClearView GO Video […]
AM355 – BreatheWell Wear App
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! BreatheWell Wear is an app for Android Wear smartwatches. According to the app’s description, it is […]
The Big Hug Deep Pressure Positioning Aid
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 […]
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 […]