APPS+for+Autism

=Proloquo2go= Proloquo2Go® is a full-featured augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solution for people who have difficulty speaking.

=ChoiceBoard Creator= A perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards.


 * =Literacy= ||
 * [[image:mad4ipad/Read2Go.jpg width="109" height="102"]]Read2Go (Bookshare.org) || An accessible DAISY book e-reader. Browse, search, download, and read books directly from Bookshare using your Bookshare membership, as well as read DAISY books from other sources. ||
 * [[image:alligator apps.jpg width="83" height="73"]]Alligator Apps – Innovative Mobile Apps || Educational, fun and customizable Flashcard games that include stunning, crisp real-life photographs that will keep your little one entertained for hours. Edit, remove or add your own images and voice! ||
 * [[image:mad4ipad/readability.jpg width="65" height="65"]]Readability || Readability automatically turns web pages into a clean, elegant, single-­‐column reading view. Stores reading lists, favorites or archived pages for later reading. ||


 * =Writing= ||
 * Dragon Dictation || A voice recognition application that creates voice-­‐to-­‐text transcriptions that may be sent as SMS, Email, or pasted into any application using the clipboard. Must have Internet access to work. ||
 * [[image:abilipad.jpg width="69" height="61"]]Abilipad || Abilipad combines the functionality of a notepad with word prediction and text-­‐to-­‐speech. Customize to include whole words, pictures and audio. “Write” a sentence using pictures. Download shared Abilipads. ||
 * iSentence ||  ||
 * [[image:Dexteria.jpg width="61" height="60"]]Dexteria || Therapeutic hand exercises (not games) to improve line motor skills and handwriting readiness. Uses the iPad’s multi--‐touch interface to build strength, control, and dexterity. Automatic tracking /reporting of progress. ||


 * =Math= ||
 * Counting Money || Counting Money is an app designed to help people of all ages count money. Counting Money can also be used as a brain training exercise for adults and anyone else looking to improve their skills at counting money. ||
 * Math Board || MathBoard is a stunning app for teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. The number of customization options available makes this a brilliant app for making math fun for elementary school children. ||


 * =Data Collection= ||
 * Autism Tracker – Autism Tracker Lite || Autism Tracker can be life changing for families with an autistic child. Explore Autism. Track what matters to your child and your family. Use the visual calendar and multi-item graphs to view and discuss patterns. ||
 * First Then Visual Schedule || First-Then visual schedule application is designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support. For individuals with communication needs, developmental delays, Autism or those who benefit from a structured environment; visual schedules serve to increase independence and lower anxiety during transitions through different activities. ||
 * Chronolite || You can create up to 4 separate timers that can be started, paused, and reset individually or as a group. Timers can count upwards indefinitely or count downwards from a specified time. ||


 * =Behavior Management= ||
 * [[image:calm counter.JPG width="62" height="59"]]Calm Counter || A visual and audio tool to help people calm down when they are angry or anxious. Includes a simple social story with line drawings about anger. Offers strategies to calm you down. ||
 * [[image:wait timer.JPG width="62" height="57"]]Wait Timer || Wait Timer is a visual and audio tool to help people with waiting. The app includes a social story about waiting, and an audio/visual tool for waiting that can be set to different times. ||
 * [[image:Autism Express.jpg width="55" height="48"]]Autism Express || The ‘Autism Xpress’ has been created to help promote greater awareness about autism spectrum disorders. It is designed to encourage people with autism to recognizes and express their emotions through its fun and easy to use interface. ||
 * Autism Help! || Assists individuals with ASD and other disabilities to communicate in emergency situations. Utilizing the 5 Point Scale, individuals can easily communicate their level of anxiety and needs in a high stress situation without being verbal. Levels are color--‐coded. Customizations available. ||

Inspiration Maps Lite ||< Engage students in active learning with Inspiration Maps. Students build their knowledge by creating diagrams, maps and organizers that help them brainstorm, plan, organize and build thinking skills. Tap to transform visual work into outlines that export for writing. ||
 * < =Organization Skills= ||
 * < Inspiration Maps
 * < [[image:AudioNote Lite.jpg width="48" height="50"]]AudioNote ||< Record notes and audio synced with the best note taking app in the App Store! AudioNote combines the functionality of a notepad and voice recorder to create a powerful tool that will save you time while improving the quality of your notes. ||
 * < [[image:mind jet.png width="67" height="54"]]Mind Jet ||< Mindjet for iPad® lets you easily enter ideas, tasks, and meeting notes into intuitive visual maps that help you quickly organize concepts and prioritize action items. ||
 * < inClass ||< inClass, the last school app you will ever need, is here to help you survive school. No matter how complex your school schedule is, inClass will help you keep track of all your courses. Not only that, but it will help you keep track of your tasks by reminding you that one is due soon, that way you have no excuse to not do your homework ||
 * =Art/Music= ||
 * Bloom HD || Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom's innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is left idle, creating an infinite selection of compositions and their accompanying visualizations. ||
 * Doodle DJ || This amazing app will give you marvelous feeling of creating some unique and simplest melody by just taping the doodle boxes.. It is free - so just try yourself ||

=[]= =Autism Apps=

By Touch Autism
Cost - FREE Autism Apps is simply a comprehensive list of apps that are being used with and by people diagnosed with autism, Down syndrome and other special needs. It also includes links to any available information that can be found for each app. The Apps are also separated into over 30 categories, and the descriptions are all searchable, so any type of app is easy to find and download. Autism Apps was created as a resource for anyone looking for apps for people diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or other special need. Many people are discovering the many uses that iPads, iPhones and iPod touches can have as tools and resources for people diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or other disability. Though there are a multitude of apps in the app store that many people diagnosed with autism, Down syndrome or another special need use and enjoy, they can be difficult to find. Autism Apps links to extensive reviews of the apps written by parents, specialists, and other users usually from first-hand experience. Autism Apps also has links to video demonstrations or video reviews of the apps when they are available.

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

By Touch Autism
Cost - $2.99 Calm Counter is a visual and audio tool to help people calm down when they are angry or anxious. The app includes a social story about anger, and audio/visual tools for calming down. **The app opens up to a “I need a break screen” that vocalizes “I need a break” when it is tapped. The screen then transitions to a red screen with an angry face and the number ten. With each tap the screen transitions to a calmer face and color. In this way, the app prompts the user to count backwards from ten followed by a deep breath. The app also includes a simple social story with line drawings about anger. The social story talks about feeling angry and things you can do, like counting to ten, breathing deeply and taking a break, to calm yourself down. The settings screen allows you to choose from male, female or no vocals for counting back from ten and for reading the social story out loud.

=@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wait-timer-social-story-visual/id552189725?mt=8= =Wait Timer – Social Story and Visual Timer Tool=

By Touch Autism
Cost - $2.99

Wait Timer is a visual and audio tool to help people with waiting. The app includes a social story about waiting, and an audio/visual tool for waiting that can be set to different times.