Maya is 2 ½ years old now and has been using her iPad since she was about 10 months old. It’s incredible to me how proficient she is at navigating and correctly using her apps. Her fine motor skills have…
Category: Success Stories (page 7)
William’s Success Story Update
Our son William was born in 2005 with Down syndrome and some serious medical complications. In 2011, we founded “Special iApps” to develop educational apps to help teach children like William and those with other learning disabilities. We last wrote here about William…
Eli’s Success Story
Eli is 3 years old and has Down Syndrome. He loves the iPad! Â He is completely capable of flipping through the screens to find his app of choice,for that moment, and engages independently while asking for help when necessary. When…
Christopher’s Success Story
Meet Christoper Hills! This inspiring young adult is an Apple Certified Pro Final Cut Pro X, Level One and an accessibility ambassador. Christopher has Cerebral Palsy and uses a switch to access his Mac, iPhone, and iPad. He lives in Australia…
Todd’s Success Story
At the age of eight, Todd Stabelfeldt became a C4 quadriplegic after he was accidentally shot by his young cousin when they were playing with an antique rifle that was left lying around his house. In spite of this incredibly…
Schuyler’s Success Story
To the people like me 🙂 By: Schuyler Noelle Rummel-Hudson Hello, my name is Schuyler Noelle Rummel-Hudson and I am 14 years old teenager and I live in Plano,TX. In my school, I like to do art and band. I…
Alex’s Success Story
I have had great success in the work place environment due to my iPad mini. When I was working for Brookside Museum, my iPad mini played an instrumental role in my duties. My job was to take pictures of old,…
Mia’s Success Story
Mia has been using the iPad to communicate for about 7 months. We have since been in the process of teaching her how to use the iPad and keep it with her at all times. Mia has small hands and…
Joshua’s Success Story
Joshua was born in March of 1999. He was diagnosed at 2 weeks of age after several EEGs with total ACC (Absence of the Corpus Callosum). Â The Corpus Callosum is the section of the brain that connects the two hemispheres…
Ryan’s Success Story
“That’s amazing!  We’ve never seen this type of progress before!  Ryan has made up two and a half years of language development in just one year… fantastic!”  These were the words from the Texas Children’s Hospital Speech Therapist that felt like…