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iPad Access for the Marginal Touch User Katie Duff, OTR/L Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare [email protected] Patti Bahr, MSE, RET Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare [email protected]
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iPad Access for the
Marginal Touch User
Katie Duff, OTR/L
Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare
Patti Bahr, MSE, RET
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare
Goals
• Name three apps that can be used to work
on physical options to increase iPad
access.
• Identify three apps that can be used to
work on increasing access.
• Understand the succession of gross to fine
targeting which can be used to then
increase success with iPad use.
No age prerequisite to using computer
assistive technology
Be aware :
Too much of a good thing is NOT good
No research of impact on toddler brain
Evaluating for Appropriateness
• Gather background information
– Medical history impacting function
– Current needs
– Current skills (reading and writing)
– Current system and why it is not working well
• Evaluate functional movement and positioning
• Determine if screen touch is an access option
• Match features of technology to the person
iDevice Access Options
• Direct Touch
• Lock Rotation
• Restrictions
• Accessibility Settings – Voice Over
– Zoom
– Mono Audio
– Multitasking Gestures
– Guided Access
– Assistive Touch
– Home Click Speed
– Triple-click Home
iDevice Access (cont)
• BubCaps
• Gloves and Mitts
• Stylus
• Mounts
• Keyguards for landscape or portrait on screen
keyboard and AAC apps www.laseredpics.biz
• Joystick-it (not today)
• Switch Interfaces (not today)
Gloves, Mitts, & Stylus
• Isotoner Smart touch gloves
• Colorplay knit gloves
• Fingerless gloves
• Neoprene custom mitts
• Neoprene hand splints
• Quality capacitive stylus will slide and tap
– Rocket Fish, Targus, etc.
3. Cut an X over the first knuckle.
1. Sew mitten for the fisted hand.
Gentle Assist Pointing Mitten
2. Identify the first knuckle.
4. Don the mitten & allow
finger to extend out.
Positioning iPads
iPad stands
• AbleNet: – iDevice Table Top Mounts
– Mobile Device Mounting System
• check MacWorld and Best Buy
• Joby:
– Gorila Mobile Ori
– Yogi
• Modular Hose
– AT iPad Kits
• Rocket Fish
Positioning iPads (cont)
Wheelchair mounting options
• Beyondadaptive: Adaptive Mounting Arm
• Blue Sky Designs: Mount-N-Mover
• CJT: iPad Security Plate (iPad and
Spekers)
• Daedalus: M Series – Mini W/C Mounting
System
• RJ Cooper options:
– Short arm for tablet
– Mini arm for tablet
– Articulating arm for tablet
iPad Cases
– Check Best Buy, MacWorld, Amazon, etc. and read reviews
– Otterbox Defender
– ZAGGmate
– iAdapter by AMDi
– Big Grips
How to Decide iPad Positioning
and Access Method?
• Find easiest, least fatiguing, most
controlled, body movement to operate
the iPad
• Consider environment for use
• Determine ability to rotate between portrait
and landscape orientation
• Determine safe transportation of the iPad
Evaluating Apps
• Review ratings from independent sources
• Search for videos about the app in use
• In the App Store … – Look at screen shots
– Look at number of downloads related to ratings
– Determine if it has in app purchases for rest of functions
– Read the descriptor
– Caution: use discernment with the comments of others
• Read manufacturer websites
Resources for Finding Apps
• Education Apps Review = www.iear.org/
• Geek Dad http://www.wired.com/geekdad/
• Geek Mom http://www.geekmom.com/
• Geek SLP www.geekslp.com (also have app)
• iPhone Mom http://www.theiphonemom.com/
• Mark Coppin [email protected]
Resources for Finding Apps (cont.)
• Moms with Apps www.momswithapps.com
(Facebook feed leading to articles, also
have app, App Friday too)
• http://otswithapps.com
• SLP Sharing http://slpsharing.com
• University of Minnesota:
http://accessibility.umn.edu/accessible-ios-
apps.html
Direct Touch Progression
• Cause and Effect exploration
• Tap Precision Targeting
• Dragging and Sliding
– Explore
– Precision start with flexible targets
– Drag along path
– Precision start and end
• Flicking
• Mutli-Finger Gestures
Cause and Effect Exploration
• Tap anywhere on the screen
• Any response is rewarded
Cause and Effect Apps
• Virtuoso
• BaDaBing
• Sound Touch
• Crack&Break
• Tap, Break, and Shake
• Fun Bubbles by TF World Software
• Baseball Box
• Jitter Bug
• Cat Fishing
• Bouncing Balls
• Kid Fireworks
• Bubble Popper
• Baby Butterfly
Tap Precision Targeting Practice
• 123 Sticker
• Stop & Go by Shortstack
• Balloons: tap and learn by Zippz software
• Preschool Memory Match
• Aa Match (kid voice says letter names)
• Alexandre Minard apps such as My first puzzles,
sudoku, draw with squares
• Lite Brite
iPod Touch / iPad Typing
• Typing Web typing tutor
• Apps: – Type Fast
– TapTyping
When do you need to Drag?
• Turn pages in some eBooks
• Move from home screen to other apps
• Organize your apps
• Select text to copy
• Drawing and handwriting apps
• Many games / activities
• And …
Learn to Drag to Unlock the iPad
• Slide 2 Unlock by RJ Cooper
Exploratory Dragging Apps
• Scratch a Sketch
• Magnetic Alphabet
• Drawing & Coloring apps
Coloring App Examples
• 123 Color
• Colorific
Precision Select, Target Flexible
Dragging Apps
– ClickySticky
– My Scene
– Moozart
– Jelly Bean Tunes
Seasonal Apps for Dragging
• Carve a Pumpkin by Parents Magazine
• My Flake by Mubaloo
• Egg Decorator by PAAS
Snap-to Dragging Apps
• Chicken Foot
• Card Shark
• Jigsaw Box
Precision Start and End
Dragging Apps
– Dot Collector
– Cake Doodle, Cookie Doodle, Tie Dye
Doodle, etc. by Shoe the Goose
– My First Tangrams by Alexandre Minard
– Dress Up Baby
– iMazing
– Pattern Search
– Spelling games like First Words Deluxe
– Kids Crosswords by Learning Touch
– Handwriting apps
When do you need Flick?
• Deleting
– e-mails
– to do list items
– notes
• Turning pages in some book apps
• Moving to more items in some apps
Apps to Practice Flicking
• ClickySticky (choose objects)
• Fruit Ninja
• Flick Home Run
Multi-Finger Gestures
• 2 finger tap in Doodle Kids erases &
changes background color
• Cutting motion = Cut the Buttons by Open
Name
• Chalk Walk
• Pinch out and in for zooming
• Using VoiceOver or Zoom accessibility
features
