Using the iPad in Special Education. At the Manhattan Children’s Center on the Upper West Side, Christopher, 9, sits at a desk in front of his teacher and an iPad.
Diagnosed with autism, Christopher has difficulty communicating. He makes high-pitched sounds, almost like crying, to get his feelings across to his teacher. But today, with the iPad and an application for special education called Proloquo2Go, Christopher may finally have a voice. Epilepsy? There's an app for that. iPads in the Special Education Classroom. A number of built-in accessibility features, tools, and add-ons are helping to prompt Apple's iPad into the classroom.
Now, the push to get textbooks accessed through this device to get rid of all those heavy books, ah, it is happening!! With a text reader and highlighter, this will really be something worth talking about. Students learn in different ways. iPad gives voice to kids with autism. Apps for Autism. iPads in Special Education.