With today’s tech-savvy consumers, it seems there’s at least one app for everything. In the sea of apps, it can be confusing to find exactly what you need and difficult to know where to start. With the aid of autism experts, AuSM has begun a list of apps that can be useful tools for individuals with ASD. We have included this growning list below and welcome your feedback on apps we should add. If you have an app to suggest, please e-mail
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.Behavior Tracker Pro
Available in the Education and Utilities sections in iTunes...just search for the word Autism or Behavior Tracker Pro. Behavior Tracker Pro is an iPhone/Ipod Touch application that allows BCBAs, behavioral therapists, aides, teachers or parents to track behaviors and graph them. The application was specifically designed to support the behavioral treatment plans for children with Autism however it can be used to track behavior in any field.Click here to view in iTunes store.
The Autism Help App assists individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other disabilities to communicate and regulate in emergency situations. Using the book: The Incredible 5-Point Scale TM by authors Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis, AAPC Publishing, this app helps individuals act, react and interact quickly in emergency situations. With a touch of a screen information is provided and can help facilitate interactions for a “safe” outcome for both the individual and 1st responder. 
The primary purpose of My Choice Board is to present a visual display of "choices" to those with limited communication skills. This gives individuals with autism, communication delays or learning differences the opportunity to be independent and express their own specific needs and wants.
Give your non-verbal child a voice! 
TapSpeak Button modernizes the idea of a mechanical switch that records and plays messages. We have taken the idea and extended it to provide a portable, convenient, and stigma-free tool to use for basic teaching and communication tasks. TapSpeak Button is especially useful for teaching cause and effect relationships.
Welcome to Video Scheduler! “Scheduler” is optimized for all Apple iOS devices and allows for the easy construction of picture and video schedules. Users can also organize video modeling content (and turn off schedule functions such as "done" by turning this mode "on"). After creating, share your schedules/modeling for FREE with other users.
My Video Schedule is a teacher created individualized customizable app that combines video modeling within a structured schedule while providing positive reinforcement for individuals of all ages with special needs.
All individuals must change from one task to the next throughout the day. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder may have greater difficulty in making these changes. Change can bring about anxiety and fear for people with ASD. Concepts related to time are fairly abstract. A visual timer can show the passing of time and therefore prepare the individual for change.
Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.
GoTalk NOW FREE is a fully functional augmentative communication app that introduces you to the flexibility , ease of use, and power of Attainment’s popular GoTalk NOW . Create up to three personalized communication pages by editing our pre-made examples of Standard, Express, and Scene pages.
TapSpeak Sequence for iPad revolutionizes how parents, speech therapists, vision therapists, schools, and institutions create and use message sequences to help disabled children learn to communicate. Use TapSpeak Sequence instead of sequential message switches to record and customize messages without losing any previously recorded sequences. 
