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Webinar: iPad 201

Accessories, Adaptations, and Awesome App Resources

Description:

For iPad users with disabilities, supportive accessories, adaptations, and resources exist in abundance and are easy to incorporate into everyday use. Using a combination of short video clips, photos, and an extensive resource list, this 90-minute live webinar will help individuals select the appropriate apps, accessories, and adaptations. This session will also demonstrate how to make an iPad stand, how to adapt a stylus, several ways to mount an iPad, and ways to protect an iPad. Accessory examples will focus on specific functional limitations, including supports for low vision, hearing, grip, and communication issues. Finally, this webinar will discuss creative uses for the iPad’s accessibility features and built-in apps.

Who Should Attend:

Educators, special education teachers, paraprofessionals, parents, transition coordinators, and related service providers.

Sponsored by Assistive Technology in New Hampshire (ATinNH)

Presenter(s): Therese Willkomm, Ph.D., ATP

Therese Willkomm, Ph.D., ATP directs the NH Statewide Assistive Technology Program (ATinNH) with the Institute on Disability, is a clinical assistant professor in the University of New Hampshire Department of Occupational Therapy, and coordinates the graduate certificate in assistive technology and the disability studies minor. Known internationally as “The MacGyver of Assistive Technology,” Dr. Willkomm has provided assistive technology services for over 28 years and is the author of 22 publications.