Autism and Special Needs Funding for Individuals and Families:
A4cwsn (Apps for Children with Special Needs) Helps with purchase of a specific item or items for physically
http://a4cwsn.com/very-special-nomination challenged special needs children. Preference given to lower income
Nominate your favorite Teacher or Professional; they could and single parent families.
receive an iPad and so could you!
Gracie's Hope
ACT! Today http://www.gracieshope.org/application_form.php
http://www.act-today.org/act-today-grant-program.php Helps fund therapies, purchase equipment etc.
Offers grants for assessments, treatments, and life supports
that may not otherwise be covered privately or by other third- Helping Hand program (National Autism Association)
party funding. http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/helpinghand.php
Provides financial assistance to families for necessary medical
Amrit Foundation (Alternative Medical Resources and treatments/testing, supplements and behavioral therapy services for
Integrative Therapies) child with autism. Income-based criteria applies.
http://amritfoundation.org/grants.php
Need-based grants to individuals up to $5000 to help pursue iTaalk Autism Foundation
biomedical interventions for children affected with Autism and Www.itaalk.org
related disorders. Until December 31, 2011, The iTaalk Autism Foundation will select
weeks at random to grant one iPad-a-day (for 7 days) to individuals
AutismCares (0-22) with an Autism diagnosis. Grant guidelines are found
http://www.autismcares.org/site/c.mqLOIYOBKlF/b.4745901/k. below. You only need to apply once.
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Financial assistance up to $1,000 for individuals with ASD and Lindsay Foundation
their families to cover costs associated with critical living http://www.lindsayfoundation.org/
expenses, on a case-by-case basis. Income and needs criteria Based in Texas, assists fa
apply. milies with medical treatment, therapies and rehabilitative equipment
The Conover Company - Mobile Assistive Technology Loud Mommy
Grants
http://loudmommy.com/apply/
http://conovercompany.com/grants/mobile-technology- Grants for iPads for nonverbal children with autism.
application/
Grantees will receive either an iPad or iPod preloaded with
Maggies hope
Conover Company Functional Skills System videos.
www.maggieshope.org
Based in Austin, will fund requests for children with autism
Danny’s Wish
http://www.letschatautism.com/ipads-for-autism-application/
Kya's Krusade
http://www.dannyswish.org/
Grants for iPads for individuals with autism. No age limit, but http://www.kyaskrusade.org/wp-
the person must be minimally verbal or non-verbal; income is content/uploads/2008/05/Kyas%20Krusade%20Financial%20Assistan
also a consideration. ce%20Program%20Guidelines%20&%20FAQs.pdf
Assistance for adaptive equipment and therapy sessions not covered
by insurance.
Disabled Child Relief Fund
http://www.dcrf.com/ordereze/default.aspx PrayerChild Foundation ..
http://www.dcrf.com/ordereze/Content/1/Summary.aspx
Their application window is only open between April & http://prayerchild.org/request_form.html
September. Provides assistance to children eighteen years old and younger with
physical and emotional challenges.
FirstHand Foundation
Sunshine Foundation
https://applications.cerner.com/firsthand/FirstHand_1a.aspx?id
=28729 http://www.sunshinefoundation.org/refer.html
Helps individual children/families with health related needs Grants assistance to chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged
when insurance and other finances have been exhausted. and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot
fulfill their requests due to financial strain.
Friends of Man
. http://www.friendsofman.org/ReferOutsideCO.php United HealthCare Foundation
http://www.uhccf.org/index.html
Assists with medical/etc expenses. Must be referred by a
They will grant for medical treatments/services not covered (or, not
professional.
fully covered) by commercial insurance plan
Gia Nicole Angel Foundation
http://www.giafoundation.com/?page_id=15
Heart of Texas Autism Network 1
1 of 2 www.hotautismnetwork.org
There’s an App for That” – Apps (and Funding!) for special-needs
Where to find apps:
Special Needs Apps for Kids! Virtual pet cat, responds to your touch and repeats
http://www.snapps4kids.com/ everything you say with a funny voice. You can pet
An online community of parents, therapists, doctors, him, poke him or grab his tail. Record your own videos
and teachers who share information on how to use of Tom, save them to your library and send them as
the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch with children who MMS, share them on YouTube & Facebook or send
have special needs. Reviews of apps, online forums, them by email.
etc.
Proloquo2Go (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
Hacking Autism http://www.proloquo2go.com/
http://www.hackingautism.org/#/apps Provides text-to-speech voices, close to 8000 up-to-
App Gallery list apps that are helpful for those with date symbols, a large default vocabulary, etc.
ASD (some free, some not)
Autism Express (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
The iTaalk “Top 30” list of Educational Apps! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autismxpress/id34354
http://itaalk.org/images/iTaalk_Top_30_Starter_Apps_ 9779?mt=8
for_Special_Education.pdf Designed to encourage people with Autism to
A list of apps that are under $50, some free; mostly recognizes and express their emotions"
appropriate for Apple technology although some
are Android-compatible. NICHCY “”Disability Connect” (Android)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amdee.di
IEP Checklist (iPhone) sabilityconnect
http://www.peatc.org/peatc.cgim?template=IEPCh Find contact information for organizations offering
ecklistiPhone information on disabilities, special education, early
A FREE app for the iPhone. Checklist for your child’s intervention, support groups, and many more disability
IEP, has active links to the relevant language in the connections.
federal regulations; allows users to record the IEP
meeting and to record notes. Devices:
Windows Phone
iAdvocate (iPhone, iPad, IPod Touch)
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iadvocate/id427814 US/search?q=autism
325?mt=8
Free tool for parents. Three sections: Strategies,
Apple devices:
Resources, and Responses, which features simulated
interactions, such as replies to common statements iPhone - http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/
iPad - http://www.apple.com/ipad/apps-for-ipad/
made by school professionals regarding services and
iPod Touch -
accommodations for children http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features/app-store.html
ModelMe Going Places (iPhone, iPad, iPod
Android Devices –
Touch)
https://market.android.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/model-me-going-
places/id347813439?mt=8
Visual teaching tool to help children learn to BlackBerry
navigate challenging locations in the community (for http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore
example: Hairdresser, Mall, Doctor, Playground,
Grocery Store, Restaurant). Each location contains a
photo slide show of children modeling appropriate
behavior
Talking Tom (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-tom-
cat/id377194688?mt=8
Heart of Texas Autism Network 2
2 of 2 www.hotautismnetwork.org