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Special Needs App of the Day: Story Land
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Story Land

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...background and adding in various characters and objects. It is extremely interactive:...choose from over 320 fully animated characters and create over 300,000 different...sequencing, categories, and sentence development can also be targeted with Story Land....taking, as one person can choose a character and say a sentence about it, then...
Special Needs App of the Day: The Rooster Who Lost His Voice
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: The Rooster Who Lost His Voice

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...an "edutainment" publishing and development house, The Rooster Who Lost His...music, and children will love the characters. Told through narration and interjections...narration and interjections from the characters, the app is a throwback to classic...Who Lost His Voice includes many characters, which help establish themes of...
Beyond Inspiration Porn: How to Talk to Your Child About Disability Representation in Movies and TV
Global Insights > Culture

Beyond Inspiration Porn: How to Talk to Your Child About Disability Representation in Movies and TV

By Dylan Hayes
...user teaches the main character to "appreciate life."...asks why the disabled characters on TV don't look like...likelihood that the disabled character on screen is played...the story isn't a full character with wants, conflicts,...removed the disabled character and replaced them with...inspire the hearing characters to be kinder. These...
The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
News > Advocacy

The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.

By Amelia Harper
...the R-word doesn't lecture. It lists absurd things humanity used to do and doesn't anymore. What the Video Says. Set at a dinner party, Noah's character walks someone through history: washing clothes with urine, putting animals on trial, heroin cough syrup, wearing meat masks, mouse hair eyebrows,...
Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters
News > Lifestyle

Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters

By Benjamin Thompson
...to want, and how the world sees them. When a character with cerebral palsy appears on screen only to...protagonist, that's a lesson. When an autistic character is written by someone who's never met an autistic...consistently. First, disabled actors play disabled characters. This isn't about ideology. It's about accuracy....
Assistive Technologies Revolutionizing Vision Impairment Care
Assistive Tech > Vision

Assistive Technologies Revolutionizing Vision Impairment Care

By Mr. Jackson Pierce
...Braille Devices. Braille is a tactile reading and writing system. Each character is made up of six dots that are felt with the fingertips. Many people...They have a row of special cells that raise and lower to form Braille characters. As the information on screen changes, so does the Braille output. This...
'Speechless' Series Focuses on Special Needs
News > Advocacy

'Speechless' Series Focuses on Special Needs

By Bonnie Terry
...boy with cerebral palsy. Driver's character does everything in her power to make...difficulty to pull this particular character off, because she's a lot. And someone...that "Speechless" refers to JJ, the character's nonverbal situation, but also [my...nonverbal situation, but also [my character of] Maya renders people speechless...
Life With Asperger's Syndrome by Robin Flutterby Borakove
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome

Life With Asperger's Syndrome by Robin Flutterby Borakove

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...because no one else was going to! So HERE I AM, getting a life, and learning how to have a positive impact and inspire those around me. Creating a character and storytelling as Fairy Queen Flutterby™, I have decided to shine brightly so other’s may have a lighted path. Blog of a Special Needs Adult...
The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary
Global Insights > Culture

The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...a new bonus feature. Did you know W.C. Fields, Ed Wynn, and Wallace Beery were considered for the part of the Wizard? We all know him now as the character brought to life by Frank Morgan. And did you know that the filmmakers were considering using a real lion for the Cowardly Lion? And the iconic song,...
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow on DVD
News > Technology

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow on DVD

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...teamwork that saves the day. Hank Azaria voices the evil Gargamel, the character he plays in the live-action Smurfs movies. Fred Armisen continues his voicing...Brainy Smurf, and Alan Cumming does the same for his little blue animated character Gutsy. Anton Yelchin also reprises his voicing talent for little Clumsy...
The Sword in the Stone 50th Anniversary Edition Combo Pack
Lifestyle > Recreation

The Sword in the Stone 50th Anniversary Edition Combo Pack

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...sword out of the stone will be king. That person will be someone of pure character. Of course, all the men in the area try their strength at the enchanted...Merlin, a wizard who teaches him about the world. Merlin is an interesting character who has been to the future and knows all that will happen. He teaches the...
A Mother's Rage on Lifetime
News > Lifestyle

A Mother's Rage on Lifetime

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...at photos of crime scenes and dead bodies, and she is more than capable of coming up with scenarios to fit the crime. Molly is the most endearing character in this film. Could a sequel or series with Molly and her mother be in the future? In the meantime, Molly comes up with several ideas that actually...

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