Monday, December 27, 2010

Ipad Accessibility - Finding Some Answers

We love Junior's ipad and it has opened a whole new world for him but it can be hard to position for him. Junior can not lean down to look at it and it needs to be at eye level for him.
If we are doing an activity I need to stop and hold it up for him to be able to answer questions or tell me what he wants.
Not long ago I contacted a new company called Handeholder, www.handeholder.com that makes stands and holders for the ipad. I asked about the possibility of making an extender arm for the current ipad clamp that they make. They were fantastic and so very willing to help. They made a prototype with the extender arm which we are trying out and we are also trying the regular clamp for when Junior is not in his wheelchair.

We got the clamps on Friday and are working on the best way to attach the extender arm to Junior's wheelchair. A work in progress, but I am quite sure we will get it just right for him.
Here are a few pictures of the clamp with extender arm. The first few pics were taken the day it arrived and it is attached to a stool since Junior was not in his chair.
Now attached to his wheel chair armrest.

We attached the regular clamp to a tripod and are able to place it next to Junior's stander, recliner, bed, etc. Junior is absolutely thrilled to have his ipad right there next to him at eye level. It is very sturdy and I am not worried about it falling off the clamp, we can also still rotate the ipad even while it is attached to the clamp.
The regular clamp attached to the tripod
In this picture Junior is in his stander using the proloquo2go app during an activity.
We are so happy to have found something that works for Junior. He is so pleased to be able to tell me things while we are doing activities without me having to stop to hold up the ipad for him.
Be sure to go check out the site www.handeholder.com ,they have lots of great holders for the ipad.

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