Ten Top Halloween Apps: for less than $15 in total

One of the things that bothers me about a lot of Top 10 and other ‘best of’ app lists is that the apps chosen are skewed predominantly towards younger children. Halloween is one of those festivals that isn’t just for kids – teens and adults get to dress up and have fun too. So, in […]

Heidi – FREE app for Sept 17th plus a giveaway worth $200!

Heidi on the Alp, an app whose regular price will be $4.99, is FREE to download on Monday September 17th so grab it while you can and when you have a minute, rate it in iTunes. In conjunction with AppAble and Smart Apps for Kids, you can also enter a giveaway to win one of […]

Help me win an iPad2 for Daniel, at no cost to you!

Action required from September 3rd until September 9th (inclusive)! You can read more about Daniel below, to make things easy for you, I’ve outlined the steps for you to follow first. Go to this blog post. Scroll to the bottom and you will see the picture below. If you’re on twitter, hit the ‘tweet’ button […]

Enormous app giveaway

Click here to get to my Facebook giveaway page where all the rafflecopter widgets will be shown. A link to each rafflecopter is also listed at the bottom of each individual giveaway. ********** I hadn't actually planned another giveaway so soon but some very generous developers spontaneously sent me some codes to share with my […]

Puzzle My Life – App giveaway and guest review by Kirsten Ferguson

Exciting times recently for my blog – my Facebook page now has more than 500 likers, the blog has been viewed more than 20,000 times and now I am welcoming my first ever guest poster! Kirsten Ferguson is one-half of the wife-husband team that is Close 2 Home Apps, LLC, the developer of the AAC […]

Beat the heat: giveaway for $170 worth of cool apps!

Contest is now over – winners announced here. Summer heat getting you down? It's supposed to get up to 36 C (97 F) here in Toronto tomorrow. That's without the humidex! Instead of sitting in a bucket of ice however, I have arranged an extremely cool giveaway of some great apps for you. Click here […]

Review of Custom Boards by Smarty Ears

I was the lucky recipient of a code for the Premium version of this app, which currently costs $39.99. My review took longer than expected but I managed to finally squeeze it in. Apologies for the delay! Bottom line: If you are a therapist, teacher or other professional who routinely uses visuals, I would highly […]

How do you tell if someone might be conning you?

Before I get into the meat of this post, I’d like to address some things upfront. Is this post about Gary James of A4cwsn? Yes; but it’s equally applicable to a hundred other situations you may encounter with a romantic partner, a business colleague even someone you meet on the street. Won’t Gary threaten to […]

How I make PECs on the iPad – Part 2

My first foray into this topic has so far proved to be the second most popular post on my blog – ever – so I decided to update it and tell you about my new favourite app for producing single PEC cards – DesignStudio by BoogieBot. For creating visuals that use multiple pictures, like first-then-next […]

My Top 10 FREE apps for ASD kids

Gingerheaddad recently asked me to come up with a list of the Top 10 free apps that I would recommend for autistic kids. I said sure, but I also decided to give myself a real challenge with respect to this, so the following criteria apply to ALL of these apps: They are free on an […]