Computer Stuff

My name is Quentin Devine and my wife Adele and I live in Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland. My wife is a Special needs teacher and has been working with autistic children professionally for 10 years. I am a designer/developer and animator and together we created SEN Assist.

In the past few months, we put our heads together and have just produced the first in our range of SEN Assist CD ROMs (Literacy - The Three Bears).  You can see more detail on our website: www.senassist.com

"TouchMath is a multisensory program that uses its signature TouchPoints to engage students of all abilities and learning styles."

It covers: "Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Place Value, Multiplication, Division, Time, Money, Fractions, Story Problems, Shapes, Sizes, Pre-algebra".

"An innovative online community for people dealing with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism.".

"Zoho is perhaps best known for its range of free online productivity and collaborative tools – Zoho Office – which competes with Google Docs, but most recently the company has donated its development platform and resources to the treatment of autism with the newly launched ChARMTracker.". [source: siliconrepublic.com]

"The National Centre for Technology in Education is an Irish Government agency established to provide advice, support and information on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education.".

Advantedge Interactive is a multimedia media design house based in North West Ireland and headed by Mr. Peter Hughes. Peter comes from an experienced design background having completed a BA honours degree in Graphic, Product and Interactive Design as well as an MSc in Computing and Design. The current focus is primarily on the development of e-learning products aimed at children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

"STRATEGIC ICT PROGRAMME FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION IN SYRIA".

Reactive Colors is an innovative project that is developing software to promote enjoyment and social interaction in severely autistic children. In contrast to existing packages, it is using a non-commercial open source development model, and is aiming to include the autistic and Asperger's community as developers and contributors to the project.

"Not being able to speak is not the same as not having something to say - but most people think the opposite.

To be included, empowered, and able to take a real part in decisions about their own lives, autistic people need effective ways to communicate. Legislation supports their right of access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT)."

Laureate publishes innovative software designed specifically for children and adults with special needs.

A Danish IT consultancy is using the special skills of people with autism to improve the quality of its software testing.

"Did you know that close to one percent of the population meet the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?

Did you know that most people with ASD do not get the necessary support because of lack of ASD knowledge?

Did you know that the business community realises a growing need for specialists?

Did you know that people with ASD are natural born specialists?"

"Project Spectrum was created to give people with autism the opportunity to express their creativity and develop a life skill using Google SketchUp 3D modeling software..

"Computers can be an ideal environment for promoting communication, sociabilility, creativity, and playfulness even for deeply monotropic individuals, who may not speak!"

Flashcards software.

"Teaching a child with autism can be an exercise in frustration--for both teacher and child. But designers at the Boston office of the design firm Continuum have developed a teaching aid--still in the concept stage--that could go a long way toward solving some of the problems that currently plague the process".......

Web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS.