IPad a Therapeutic Marvel for Disabled People
OWEN CAIN depends on a respirator and struggles to make even the slightest movements — he has had a debilitating motor-neuron disease since infancy.
Owen, 7, does not have the strength to maneuver a computer mouse, but when a nurse propped her boyfriend’s iPad within reach in June, he did something his mother had never seen before.
He aimed his left pointer finger at an icon on the screen, touched it — just barely — and opened the application Gravitarium, which plays music as users create landscapes of stars on the screen.
via IPad a Therapeutic Marvel for Disabled People – NYTimes.com.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
Isn’t it wonderful that modern technology is good for more than just entertaining and leading folks to screen addiction?
My son attends the UCP in NY and they use the Wii. It’s very therapeutic as well.
I think it is a godsend. My 3yr old daughter Lillie has cerebral palsy and cvi. The iPod touch and now the iPad have been miracle devices. It has definitely changed her life and continues to do so. We are so thankful!