Adrian and Jade

Last month after much deliberating between my husband and I we decided to purchase Adrian an ipod touch. We could not have made a better decision. That little piece of electronic has been my sons greatest tool since the day we purchased it. He reads books on it, watches videos, uses netflix and kindle and other programs. We thought it might be a bad choice because he is prone to violence and has a tendency to throw things. We purchased an additional warranty for drops and spills just in case. He has dropped it on the floor a couple of times without harm. I purchased a screen protector, a silicone back and a hard back. He chewed the silicone back and would not leave the hard back on. Still It works just fine. Today I was looking through Autism Apps on a review page http://www.autismepicenter.com/autism-blog/blog2.php/2010/10/23/autism-apps-that-will-help-you that rates apps. I was originally going to purchase proliquo2go and decided to hold off. I found an app on the review sheet that looked interesting and went to itunes to read more. After reading the app sounds like exactly what my son can use to help him. He is obsessed with lists and first we than we and this app is all about that. We paid $9.99 today to download First Than Visual Schedule by Good Karma Applications and I started looking through the app. I can download pictures of my son's personal items like snow pants boots and such into the program. He is a vary visual and specific child. Everything needs to look just like it does in real life for him so this program will be a tremendous help. I will post more as we use the program more. For now I have hope that this will help to avoid are usual morning transition meltdowns.