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Jellybean Tunes App Report #76

  The major source of excitement for me this week is that Good Karma Apps’ FTVS HD – First Then Visual Schedule is in the app store! Only $9.99 for April. Those of you who have used the original app will find this new version familiar but it’s much more robust. It’s now a universal [...]

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Giveaways to support and encourage autism acceptance

  I realized that a number of the giveaways I had planned were connected in some way or other with autism so you can find them all here, in one convenient post. I have more stuff to add so please do keep checking in. Loud Hands: Autistic people, Speaking Courtesy of me, enter to win [...]

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Bugs and Buttons: a great app for autistic kids (that isn’t an autism app)

  As it’s autism acceptance month, all my posts in April are going to have some connection to autism. I recently shared my list of Top Autism Apps to Save up For in a guest post at Technology in Education – I’ll be reposting that list here on this site some time in April. In [...]

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Why I don’t support Autism Speaks (which is why I don’t ‘light it up blue’)

  I’ve found myself explaining to a number of people recently why I don’t support Autism Speaks, so I figured maybe it was just easier to write a blog post about it so all my reasons would be in one place that I could then just link to. Blogging inspired by laziness, if you will. [...]

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i See-quence Easter Social Skills Stories: Review and announcing a massive giveaway!

  Let’s See-quence from Winter into Spring at an SBKM Open House! Starting tomorrow (Friday, March 22nd, 2013) I will be hosting an Open House on my Facebook page – you don’t need to bring anything but if you visit, you may win an app code or two. Developer I Get It has provided me [...]

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SpeechBox for Speech Therapy: Review and giveaway

    *Drumroll* – this post contains a giveaway for TWO copies of SpeechBox for Speech Therapy (an iPhone and an iPad edition) AND a video of the app in action starring the talented and wonderful Oliver! Summary – is the app worth buying? Yes, for parents who want the ability to practice speech sound [...]

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Autistic people are…

  *Featured image is by Landon Bryce of ThAutcast: Aspergers and Autism Community* If Landon objects to my using the image he published on his Facebook page then I will of course take it down. The reason I used it is because, when I saw it this afternoon, it perfectly summed up what I had [...]

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Great app deal: TOBY Playpad for autism

  From March 1st to March 5th, 2013, TOBY Playpad will be on sale for the terrific price of $23.99. That’s a discount of 75% from its usual price of $94.99. If you decide to buy it then please use my link to the App Store as Apple will pay me a commission at no [...]

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Privilege is not a game

  *The images used in this post are of Privilege Denying Dude. You can find out about him at Know Your Meme.* Earlier this week, Autism and Oughtisms (who I've referred to as A&O from now on) published a blog post called The Privilege Game and as I read it I found myself disagreeing with [...]

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Great app deals: Smarty Ears

  I dont normally do Great App deal posts unless the price drop is 50% or greater and I really love the app. However, when it’s an expensive app at a great price, it seems to be a good idea to make an exception. When it’s expensive *apps* at a great price then it’s definitely [...]

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