As I told lipstick-autistic in an ask, I made an app for android to help me communicate when I’m non-verbal after a meltdown. After receiving positive feedback on the concept, I decided to publish it here and hope I can help other people who want to communicate with outsiders in situations where speech is impossible.
This is the opening screen of the app. It has a base text that explains to the person you gave your phone to that you can’t use speech and want to use this app to communicate.
Both the title and text can be adjusted in the settings(accessed with the Menu button on your phone or through the separate Settings launcher) to be whatever you want the person you give your phone to to know.
When the Continue button is pressed, the app continues to a bare-bones chat client:
(yeah, I didn’t really have a lot of inspiration writing a demo conversation)
I hope this helps some people(and I hope never having to use this).
The combination of olfactory and tactile stimming would be quite calming, I think.
Liesel, Mod.
so the ones shown here are the “kids” versions – the stuff they aim to help with are more aimed at children (bed wetting, travel sickness)
that website looks like it’s an awesome resource for finding stim toys and stuff… but there’s one major issue: they don’t ship outside australia…
good news is: there are ADULT ones that you can buy CHEAPER and NOT IN AUSTRALIA
((while there is a lot of overlap in the kids’ vs adults’ mohdoh purposes, there are some exclusively adult clays, such as one which helps relieve symptoms of addiction))
you can check out their website to get more information on what each one does, and you can buy it a lot more inexpensively than the listed website if you go on amazon (amazon unfortunately doesn’t seem to have the kids one’s listed if you were more interested in those, but you can find them on mohdoh’s “kids” website or this one has a deal if you get 4)
It is fairly simple to use and can help you change the images on your screen to improve contrast or make them of colours that you can see more easily if you are partially colour blind.
“A customizable color filter applied to webpages to improve color perception, for people who are partially color-blind”
MY FELLOW FIBRO WARRIORS (and others who experience cognitive fog)
This product is so freaking cool. I got my pack at Papersource, I bet you can find them online. I know we all make lists, but really, how often do we check those lists? Not often enough.
RxTimerCaps save lives. The clock resets to 00:00 every time the bottle is opened so I’ll know if I’ve missed a dose. I bought these online. by bionicback via reddit
They seem to be 2 for $15, and look really useful!
Hi spoonies, I’ve been trying out some different free, Android apps to help manage my fibromyalgia, and so far I really like 3 of them:
-Bluelight Filter. I use it to tint my phone screen with black, and that tones down all the harsh light.
-Plant Nanny. You get a cute little plant to take care of! When you drink water, you give it water, so it keeps you hydrated. It even reminds you when to drink more!
-Pain Coach. This is through web md, and is great for tracking pain levels, symptoms, triggers, goals, etc!
Let me know if there’s any that you recommend, and I hope these help you 🙂
Pain Coach is great, I don’t use it often to record stuff but I do like reading things that are all kept in one place.
I also use FibroMapp, I think it cost me a few dollars but it’s pretty good
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Disneyland and Walt Disney World now have guidebooks for guests with cognitive disabilities (such as autism). They include the above charts of what to expect at each attraction (strong smells, loud noises, restraint types used, duration, and more), lists of quiet areas for when you need down time, and answers to frequently asked questions, among other tips.
If you don’t want to download a PDF (or prefer to click the download link on Disney’s site directly), here are their pages for Services for Guests with Cognitive Disabilities: Disneyland | Walt Disney World
here are links to all sorts of helpful things that i have found and i hope you check it out. these are posted on my blog under the *distractions* link and is updated continually. if you have any websites that should be added, send me an ask! remember that i love you and i am always here!
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