Monday, July 1, 2013

Android Apps for Autism

        
Fuhu is supporting autism awareness and research through its creation of the Inspire Special Needs Program.  The goal is to raise money, awareness, assist parents of special needs children, and develop products/tools for this community.  Many devoted Nabi owners have asked about apps aimed at the android system and it is my intent to find more apps that our children can use on their Nabis.  The following apps can be found on Amazon,  App Zone, and Google.



Quick Talk AAC 

Quick Talk was designed with a simple mission - to change the world by giving a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. Quick Talk can equip those who are non-verbal with the ability to communicate.

Autism & PDD Comparatives/Superlatives Lite

This app is based on the best-selling Buddy Bear software and storybooks. Buddy Bear helps children compare and contrast items and learn descriptive vocabulary and morphological word endings (“-er” and “-est”) . Five interactive stories also develop joint attention, reciprocity, and early language skills.


Autism Speech Diego Says                                  
  Uses the basic needs of your child in order to improve communication.

 

 

JABtalk

A free speech communication application designed to help non-verbal children and adults communicate. Speech therapists commonly refer to JABtalk as an easy and effective augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. By combining personalized voice and images with an extremely simple user interface, JABtalk delivers a speech solution that is both fun to use and easy to learn.

TapToTalk

An augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. Tap a picture - TapToTalk speaks. Kids think it's fun.



Digital Problem Solver 
Allows the user to select how she/he is feeling, then select a coping strategy. 



Training Faces

The app is designed to help people with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and other special needs with emotion recognition.


Life Skills Winner Lite

This app uses a point based system to encourage children to learn how to do specific life skills. Some skills include: brushing teeth, making a sandwich, washing hands, or standing an appropriate distance from the person the child is talking to.

Autism iHelp - Play

A vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary.



Turn Taker
Teaches children with special needs to take turns and share.


See Me Go Potty - Now with both Pee pee and Poo poo! 
Allows your child to create a cartoon avatar that physically resembles him/herself, and then enables your child to repeatedly play the Go Potty narrative showing him/herself successfully complete the whole process of using the potty, step by step. Includes an accident scene.

iTouchiLearn Morning Routines for Preschool Kid

Features word activities that teach kids about the context of words while making them laugh. Words are associated through four modes of early learning: spelling, picture, word, and animation.

First Then Visual Schedule

First-Then visual schedule is an affordable user-friendly mobile application designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support through the use of "visual schedules". First-Then was designed for individuals with Autism, communication needs, developmental delays, Down's Syndrome, Alzheimer's, or anyone who would benefit from a structured environment.

Calm Counter - Social Story and Anger Management Tool for Autism, Down Syndrome and Special Needs

Kid's Xylophone Lite

  

Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box 

Light Box is a developmental touch skills app with 21 abstract scenes to encourage exploration of different touches, taps, gestures.

Kids Connect the Dots

Kids join all the dots and reveal colorful image that is sure to excite your kids as well as practice sequencing.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Delight your children and encourage them to touch and explore everything in the 100% interactive illustrations.

Kids Place - Parental Control

Kids Place is an app launcher with parental controls & child lock.

   More Apps

Barnyard Games For Kids
Brainy Kids Puzzles
Color & Draw
Cows vs. Aliens (or Plants vs. Zombies)
Easy AAC

Find that Face
Gabby Tabs - AAC for Kids  
Interactive Story Books
iStoryBooks
Kidladia Chess
Kids Peg Puzzle
Kids Preschool Puzzle Lite
Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
Pianos

Picsart Kids
Puzzingo
Restaurant Story
Riptide
Sound Touch
Speaking Flashcards
Spinart
Stack the Countries/Stack the Continents
Voice4u
Wheels on the Bus
Where's My Water