iPad Apps and Accessibility
Reviews and news about iPads and apps for children with special needs. Learn how to make the most of the assistive technology options built in to your iPad!
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Sago Mini Sound Box App Review
This app has very high contrast with colorful spheres floating on a white background and produces lovely sounds with each tap, from animal sounds to instruments.
Braille and Literacy, iPad Apps and Accessibility
Braille Keyboard for Smartphones
Watch a video of an app developer demonstrating his new braille keyboard app on an iPhone. The new app will allow blind users to type using a touch screen.
iPad Apps and Accessibility
The GumDrop iPad Case
We review our favorite iPad case: the GumDrop. The GumDrop is perfect for kids with disabilities because it is nearly indestructible. Now you can feel comfortable handing your iPad to...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
iLoveFireworks App Review
This app is a winner in our house! Ivan loves iLoveFireworks because it makes BIG sounds with just the tap of his finger on the iPad screen. It's a great...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Baby Look Tickle App Review
Eric Jerman reviews the hilariously addictive Baby Look Tickle app for kids. The app is a simple cause-and-effect game in which a baby laughs every time you tickle her, and...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Tap-n-See Now App Review
Have you heard of the first app for iPad and iPhone created specifically for children with cortical visual impairment? It's pretty cool! Check out the Tap-n-See Now app for kids...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Bubbles App Review
Bubbles is intended for babies and toddlers as a simple and fun app, but it also works beautifully as a way to help visually impaired children learn to use their...
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Music Play
ThumbJam Music App Review
ThumbJam is a simple music app that allows your child to make beautiful, clear sounds with their iPad. It features all sorts of advanced options for changing the sounds or...
Braille and Literacy, iPad Apps and Accessibility
Dr. Seuss’s ABC App Review
The iPad is the perfect platform to create interactive and accessible picture books for kids. Oceanhouse Media is doing just this with a large collection of Dr. Seuss books. Here's...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Inclusive Technology: Switch Accessible Apps for the iPad
These are accessible apps for kids with special needs and they are fun too! If you're looking for apps that you can use with your iPad switch, this is the...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Peek-a-Bouncer App Review
In Peek-a-Bouncer your child holds their finger on the touch screen to see and hear a silly and colorful animal. As soon as they release their finger, the animal disappears...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Tickle Finger App Review
In this highly interactive story, the reader has to help Tiny Tinga the monkey get home by "tickling" various predators along the way. You can choose to have the story...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Big Trace App Review
Read Mary's review of the Big Trace iPad app that teaches children how to print capital letters, cursives and numbers. The app is great for children with low vision who...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Peekaboo Barn App Review
Eric Jerman, COMS, reviews the popular iPad app Peekaboo Barn. He explains how the app works and why it's ideal for young children learning simple fine motor skills. He also...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
iPad Basics: What’s an App?
You've got an iPad, but you're still new to this whole app thing. What are apps? And how do you buy them? Eric Jerman explains how to find and download...
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
The Best Accessible Computer Games for Blind Kids
We'll show you the best places to find accessible video games for blind children - and some of them are free!