Pufferfish, an app development company with a notoriously fun-to-say name, strives to make their software intuitive and easy-to-use for kids with autism. These applications are designed specifically for individuals on the ASD spectrum, and every one of their apps is useful and very easy for kids to figure out and work with!
This company...
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The Social Express has in-depth, beautiful animations which take users through countless different social situations, showing them the proper responses and allowing them to test their social knowledge by helping the characters make good choices! It's really an engaging autism app, and kids with autism will not only receive great benefits from the...
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Every parent knows that potty training is not the most fun thing to do. TouchAutism has created the Potty Training Social Story app to help ease the pain and show kids that it's really not that bad - everyone does it!
Some autistic children have a tough time going potty in the toilet.
That big, porcelain,...
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This week's Free Apps List features Social Stories and life skills apps: 4 Free Social Stories and Life Skills Apps for Children With Special Needs.
The iPad is great for children who are having difficulty with social situations in natural settings. Children respond to the interactive nature of these apps, and it encourages...
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My Life Skills Box is really a great resource for pre-created social stories, functional stories, and sequence cards. If your child has a hard time learning social skills in a natural setting, this iPad app can help.
Included are some very common situations, such as brushing teeth or getting dressed.
There are, essentially, two...
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Many children on the spectrum have difficulty with changing routines, which can be troublesome. The very nature of going out and attending school involves uncertainty, and a lot of kids have a hard time preparing themselves for the tasks to come. For example, one special education teacher that I talked to specifically...
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Developers of the iModeling autism app believe, "Everybody has the right to be social, everybody has the right to be safe." Parents make custom videos to teach autistic kids social skills.
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ConversationBuilder by Mobile Education Tools is a good app for kids who struggle with starting and keeping conversations because it helps them learn what and what not to say to others. The visual format and recordable conversations let kids really keep in their minds what they learned. it is fairly easy to use,...
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My PlayHome is an innovative and exciting way to help kids with autism engage in pretend play. My five-year-old daughter on the spectrum loves this application; it holds her attention for hours. The graphics, the detail, and the design of the playhouse are simply amazing. The developer covered all the basics...
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This list of the Top 8 Storybook iPad Apps for Children With Autism is a compilation I created by searching online and reading reviews from app reviewers and from parents of children with special needs.
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