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Great post from Charleston, SC kindergarten teacher on differentiating with iPads.

This is a great blog post about differentiating with iPads and other technologies to support individuals with intellectual disabilities. It also includes links to other great resources.

Good article about using Subtext with elementary students as well as for differentiation

This is a good list of apps for helping students with reading, spelling, writing, and organizational skills.

This app reads PDF files aloud and includes an interactive cursor to help readers follow along.

Great set of video introductions to the ATEval2Go app - a tool for Assistive Technology evaluators to streamline the process of making evaluations and recommendations.

Great blog from an instructional technology specialist who works with visually impaired students.

What Did We Do Today? (WDWT) is a mobile platform for sharing class events with teachers, parents, and students to track assignments, reminders, homework, etc. 

Description of a new app to provide assistive technology support.

Though not free ($9.99), makes iPad completely accessible. Reads PDF, Word, eBooks, web articles, etc. Integrates with numerous content curation apps. 

Another note taking app that includes the ability to add video notes as well as photo notes.

New guide from Common Sense Media that looks at apps for students with special needs and learning differences. Download the PDF or read online. 

There is now an app to support subscriptions to Audible.com - to support readers who need audiobooks, or for those who prefer to listen - the full library is now accessible from iPad with a subscription.

Spectronics, a company that focuses on Inclusive Learning Technologies, has put together this list of apps for literacy support. Not all of them are free, but they make great suggestions.

"Lexico-Cognition is an App to develop language understanding, vocabulary building, cognitive, memory and auditory skills in a playful way. It was developed and tested by qualified speech therapists. "

This is a full-featured Augmented & Alternative Communication solution for $189.99. While this seems pricey, it is significantly less expensive than other AAC devices.

TouchChat is another Augmented & Alternative Communication (AAC) app available for individuals with disabilities that impact their ability to use natural speech. For $149.99, it is still less expensive than other full-featured AAC devices and can work across iOS devices.

This free app turns your iOS device into an Augmented & Alternative Communication (AAC) device to give a non-verbal student a voice. 

This is an incredible app for students with special needs. It connects to the Bookshare.org database and does require a membership ID. However, students and organizations who qualify have access to a tremendous resource.  "From within Read2Go, you can browse, search, download, and read books directly from Bookshare using your Bookshare membership, as well as read DAISY books from other sources. The app gives you full control over visual choices for font size and color, background and highlighting color, and text-to-speech preferences. Read2Go features word-by-word highlighting for multi-modal reading."

This is an evidence-based app to support speech and occupational therapists as well as special education instructors or parents looking to support their children. It is pricey - $39.99 - but that is less expensive than computer based versions of similar products.