Recently a fantastic student of mine was awarded a mark of 80% in her Masters dissertation project – extrememly rare at this level and in this case utterly deserved. Her project focused on creating an authentic (note – not necessarily the same as accurate) simulation tool to help people without autism gain insight into some of the sensory…
People often ask me something along the lines of “are iPads useful for kids with autism?” – a question I struggle to answer.
This is a quick post in response to some comments and questions about my app wheel, which has been doing some alarmingly extensive rounds on Twitter and the like. Other groups have been putting together lists of recommended apps formatted in this way. In particular I’m a fan of this wheel of apps for autism developed in…
I’m hoping there are a few last minute shoppers out there because here, at last, is my promised blog post on the best apps to buy for your wee ones this Christmas. This is broken down into two age-groups – a Christmas stocking for pre-school children and a Christmas stocking for primary-aged kids.
I’m delighted to welcome Katie Chodosh who has written a guest blog for DART this week…
A couple of weeks ago I held a little tea party for participants and supporters of the Click-East project which has been my main focus (read: all encompassing obsession) for the past 3 years.
Reviews here of another five autism apps, previously posted individually on Twitter.
Reviews here of another six autism apps, previously posted individually on Twitter. The apps covered this month are: Money Counting – non-autism specific app to rehearse using American coins How to Make Lifelong Friends – an e-book for adolescents / adults with guidance on making friends iasku – a communicator app based on PECS-principles for non-verbal or minimally-verbal…
There’s an issue here which has been building up in my mind for some time so I wanted to put my thoughts down. I hope they might be of use and interest to both researchers in the field, and to parents or practitioners supporting people with autism.
I am absolutely delighted to say that our commercial partners, Interface 3, have recently released the full version of the Click-East project app on iTunes, in the form of an update to the original app.