The iDo Self-Care app series features picture sequences as well as step-by-step demonstration videos and text for tasks. The apps also include a game to practice understanding of the sequence (what is the next step, what doesn’t belong, etc.). Users can create their own personal videos too. A free version of each app exists for schools using volume purchase programs or for those who prefer not to make in-app purchases.
The series includes:
Who May Benefit From This Assistive Technology?: Designed for those on the autism spectrum, intellectual disabilities, and other special needs, who may need visual reminders of how to do these tasks.
Demo Video Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_PGDUOz1Kw
The series includes:
- iDo Community: 9 units and a game for learning to act independently in the community (in the car, in the elevator, at the supermarket, at the shop, at the café, at the movies, at the barbershop, at the dentist, at the doctor’s office).
- iDo Getting Dressed: 9 units and a game (putting on socks, putting on shoes, preparing clothes for tomorrow – summer, preparing clothes for tomorrow – winter, getting undressed, getting dressed for bed, girl getting dressed, boy getting dressed, getting ready before you leave the house)
- iDo Chores: 7 units and a game (Folding a Blanket, folding clothes and putting them in the closet, straightening your room, vacuuming, sweeping, washing dishes, washing dishes in the dishwasher)
- iDo Hygiene: 12 units and a game (shampooing, washing your face, washing your hands, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, applying deodorant, shaving with an electric shaver, combing long hair, making a ponytail, boy in bathroom, girl in bathroom, public bathroom)
- iDo Food: 7 units and a game (making chocolate milk, washing fruit, making a sandwich, making a salad, setting the table, heating up food in the microwave, eating with knife and fork)
Who May Benefit From This Assistive Technology?: Designed for those on the autism spectrum, intellectual disabilities, and other special needs, who may need visual reminders of how to do these tasks.
Demo Video Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_PGDUOz1Kw