I really enjoyed Mike's article "Apps for Autism, Communicating on the iPad". It is amazing how much iPads increase the ability to communicate and improve the children's willingness to socialize in the autistic children interviewed. There is so much inside these children is easily dismissed because they can't get it out. As one mother put it, she felt as if "her son was a computer and she was computer illiterate." It just reiterates the fact that every child has so much potential and it is our job as teachers to find how they can reach that potential. I couldn't stop at the article and clicked the link "apps for autism". There were so many great apps included there. I really liked Game Factory's new release which is a hybrid between a match and flash card game that allows you to upload your own images and choose the concepts you want your students to learn. It's unique because it allows you to become an active part of your student's education (www.bacciz.com). 45 miutes later, I stumbled across conversation builder in itunes. I love this app because it focuses on conversation skills such as turn taking, vocal loudness, speech intelligibility, oral reading comprehension, sustained attention, etc. Skills that not only apply to autistic children but my own children as well. Now if I could just find an app to keep them from talking back to me. Hmmmm. . . . .lol

How People with Disabilities Use the Web The following scenarios show people with different kinds of disabilities using assistive technologies and adaptive strategies to access the Web. In some cases the scenarios show how the Web can make some tasks easier for people with disabilities.