iPad for Special Needs

A friend of ours recently got an iPad as a surprise from her husband. I was jealous. However, she posted some photos of her son, Daniel, playing with it. Daniel was born with an encephalocele and is now 12 years old. He has been interacting quite well on the iPad and there seems to be several apps for the iPad geared toward special-needs.

I would recommend checking it out by going to Apple and downloading iTunes for free (if you don't have it already). Once in iTunes, you can search through the AppStore and see all the great options. I found Proloquo2Go and Tap To Talk in the augmentative communication realm. Usually, you can find these apps under the category of "education." I have included a couple of screenshots from iTunes.

The iPad starts at $500, but it has so many other uses and so much augmentative communication devices can cost outrageous amounts. Plus most of the apps are free or just a few dollars if they cost anything. I think it would be worth checking out.