AutisMate: Communication And Therapy Aid For Those On Autistic Spectrum

Posted by Jennifer Allen on April 20th, 2012
iPad App - Designed for iPad

It's important to encourage communication with any child but it's all the more vital for those children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Fortunately, technology is on hand to help in some cases. AutisMate is one such app that aims to help boost the social skills of people with autism by helping them communicate better.

AutisMate was designed by Jonathan Izak, someone whose younger brother and first cousin who have autism. It allows users to add their own pictures, videos and voice recordings to the app in order to create scenes that help promote positive interactions.

The app goes one step further by using the iPad's GPS functionality to provide users with scenes relevant to their current location.

This can all be set up from within the app with over 12,000 included symbols, custom voice recordings and synthesized voices to make it ideal for each child's needs. It can even be set to use multiple phrases to communicate the same idea in order to promote generalization through variety.

It's great to see such specialist apps utilizing the potential of the iPad and will hopefully make a huge difference for many families of children on the autistic spectrum.

[Source: Mashable]

AutisMate

iPad App - Designed for iPad
Released: 2012-04-11 :: Category: Game

$149.99

iPad Screenshots

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