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I am based in the West Midlands are of the UK yet had to apply to a London based charity who were so accommodating. It was a maximum of 2 weeks from sending the form off to having permission to order the equipment. The local VI service have been sending me leaflet after leaflet about iPads and...

I've had a look at a few things, and I'm starting to think the simpler the better really. I don't want to make it overly complicated for her and grow frustrated with an object that could really aid her learning. I'm lucky in that I have another year and a half (academically) with her and I am...

Ok will do. The child is with autism often having extreme behaviors and outbursts. She is completely blind, fed through a tube into her stomach and has severe learning difficulties. Being blind is not her main problem, is she was sighted she is as such she would still suffer from the same...

But i can cluster apps together can't i? I did on an iPad before, I'm sure I did. like this: To create a folder: 1. Touch and hold an app icon until it starts wiggling. 2. While the icons are wiggling, drag one app on top of another app. 3. A folder will be created containing the two apps...

Amazing!! Thank you :)

She doesn't really use braille. She is not your typical tactile learner that you would get with a VI. If it doesn't create an auditory response, she isn't really interested. Again the VI service have denied her an iPad for 18 months and there is no braille reader in sight either.

Yeah I did think about just making a folder on the home screen of things she can choose for her 'free time' at school so she can go in it using voice over and choose those apps in there. That might be simpler. Thanks. I also was going to make folders for each day of the week in regards to her...

When using PECS with ASD children, they have a choose board. So it will have pictures on it, say a computer/outside play area/inside play area/cars and they remove one picture and bring it to me. That is them choosing to do that activity. As the child in question enjoys music, stories, rhyming...

Thank you for the reply. I have been having a good look round and there really is some super stuff out there for special needs. I, in an ideal world, also want to make an iPad choose board. Where I can load 4/5 icons on the screen and she can choose one and it link into the activity, name the...

Hi! I am a carer for a young girl (9) who is ASD Vi (no useful vision) and has SLD. After many months of battling VI services in the area for an iPad for her, with no results, I applied to a charity and got one!! An iPad 2, with external QWERTY keyboard (as I have taught her to touch type) and...