To aid consumers and professionals who may be interested in knowing more about various mobile devices (including smart watches) and the assorted “apps” than can be used as assistive technology, we have assembled this resource.
Last updated: February 24, 2017
The links are added in reversed chronological order with the newest items designated with an asterisk *.
If you find something that is outdated, or something that we should add to the list, please contact John Brandt at jbrandt@mainecite.org
“Buyer Beware”
When purchasing any product, consumers need to do their homework and examine the quality of each purchase/download carefully. The resources here are for informational purposes and are not an endorsement of any product or device (please see our disclaimer below). Most of the “app stores” have a place where users can rate and comment about the various apps. We recommend that you read these reviews carefully. While many of the apps listed in this resource are free to download, some cost a considerable amount of money and many are sold with a no refund policy (see Getting Refunds for your iTunes Store Purchases; Apple’s iTunes Store Terms and Conditions; Google Android Market return policy)
The Resources – Lists of Apps
- Special Education Information on Apple iPad in Education. To view the collection of apps you need to install iTunes.
- * Five top apps for people with limited mobility – Assistive Technology Blog.
- * 8 New Apps for Tweens and Teens With Learning and Attention Issues – Understood.
- * Apps That Help Students with Low Vision in the Classroom – Perkins School for the Blind.
- Apps for Students with Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia – a new resource from Maine CITE.
- iPad Accessibility Apps – from Carlton College.
- Apps for Kids (and Adults) with Hearing Loss – from Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- Assistive Technology (AT) for Students with Dyslexia – Dyslexia Materials – apps as well as other AT discussed.
- 6 Apps Senior Care Professionals Should Ensure Every New Resident Has – Keystone Technologies
- The 39 Best Health and Fitness Apps of 2016 – Greatist
- The Best Diabetes iPhone and Android Apps of 2015 – Healthline Media
- Executive Functioning App Matrix – provides by Diana Petschauer, M.Ed, ATP and Stacy Driscoll, M.Ed, ATP of Assistive Technology for Education
- Popular Health Apps for Consumers – AOTA Blogs
- Apps that Make Life Easier – from the South Carolina AT Program
- Go back to school with these apps by AssistiveWare! – from Crossroads Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
- 5 Apple Watch Apps for Visually Impaired – from Crossroads Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
- Special education apps from Teach with Your iPad.
- Brain Injury and Assistive Technology: 10 Devices for Memory Loss – IPAT.
- Best Mobile Apps for Sensory Impairments – AT Blog.
- Best Apps for Kids – special education.
- Sensory Apps Ltd. This is from a company that makes apps specifically for folks with sensory impairments.
- 7 Apps to use as AT – Special Education Guide.
- St. Claire County (Michigan) – list of apps.
- Android Apps for Special Education on Pinterest by Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP.
- 14 Special Needs Android Apps on Google Play – FriendshipCircle.org.
- Complete guide to educational and special needs apps – from One Place for Special Needs.
- [AT Connect] Therapeutic and Educational Applications for the iPad and iOS Devices.
- Miami University – Favorite iOS Apps for educators.
- Special Needs apps – Friendship Circle Blog.
- Mobile Applications – from The National Center for Telehealth and Technlogy.
- CommonSenseMedia – reviews of apps for kids.
- Eric Sailor’s Speech & Language Pathology Apps resource website (revised).
- Bridging Apps – List of Apps (formerly SNapps4Kids) Houston Easter Seals.
- “Cool Apps for your Therapy Toolbag” at Not Your Average Therapy Bag – this resource has numerous links.
- Moms with Apps.
- Apps for Children with Special Needs (a4cwsp).
- List of Apps and AT – from A Day in Our Shoes.
Reviews and Articles about Apps
- * Assistive Technology Apps: A Guide to Educational Apps for Students with Special Needs – Summit DD Board.
- Early Childhood and Assistive Tech Apps to Share During NAEYC’s “Week of The Young Child”
- There’s an app for that: how assistive tech changes lives of people with autism.
- OT’s with Apps & Technology – The OT eTool Kit resource – review of apps and other technologies for OT’s working with children and adults.
- Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015 – from Technology Tidbits
- AppleVis – A community-powered website for blind and low-vision users of Apple’s range of Mac computers, the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV and Apple Watch. Tons of resources, lists, and reviews. Link to apps resource page…
- Lots of great resources and web apps to use with Chromebooks! – Educational Technology Guy.
- Assistive Technology Blog – by Brian Meersma.
- OT’s with Apps & Technology – The OT eTool Kit resource – review of apps and other technologies for OT’s working with children and adults.
- Assistive Technology Solutions for Students and Adults with Dyslexia – Jamie Martin.
- The “Almost Best” Collection of Apps, Extensions for Special Education from An AT Specialist.
- Assistive Technology in the Classroom – WeAreTeachers.
- The Top 10 iPad Features That Schools Forget – apps that are already built into your iPad that can been AT. Blog by Jonathan Wylie.
- Bridging Apps website – Easter Seals of Greater Houston – lots of information plus lists.
- Kathy Schrock’s iPads for Teaching.
- iPads and tablets in the classroom – resource from the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
- Know Your Apps – website which provides reviews of apps for all devices.
- Apps for Blind and Visually Impaired from AppAdvice.
- Applications (Apps) for Speech-Language Pathology Practice from American Speech-Lanbguage-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Disclaimer
The Maine CITE Program offers this website to help people find and get the AT they need and want. This is part of the public service mission of the University of Maine System. Maine CITE does not endorse any of the devices or applications listed on this site. It is the sole responsibility of the users of this site to check out the devices and applications listed. Maine CITE is not responsible for users’ actions or inactions, is not involved in the transactions between users and vendors, and has no control over and does not guarantee the suitability, fitness, condition, quality, safety or legality of devices or applications listed, or the accuracy of any information posted.
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