Accessible solutions for the iPad

Matt sent me two articles about using the new iPad if you have a disability, which I'm passing along because they're pretty useful. They both come from ATMac, which covers using Apple products if you have a disability.

In the first article, Ricky Buchanan writes about new accessible features as well as those already on the iPod touch. Ricky lives with severe CFS/ME and also writes a blog.

The second article is written by Paul Natsch, a quadriplegic, and discusses using mouthsticks and styluses with the iPad. He gives very specific information about how to use the iPod touch (and the iPad) in different ways, depending on your needs. Paul also writes about Assistive Gaming on the Mac.

A less expensive alternative than the new iPad, as Paul discusses, is to use an iPod touch as an assistive device. Although the larger size of the iPad would help some people, the smaller size of the iPod Touch has its advantages as an assistive device. I use an iPod Touch for many tasks, and because there are so many free apps, its usefulness keeps growing for me without any additional cost. I now keep the iPod touch nearby most of the day to help me with my work, read ebooks and documents, take voice memos, use Skype (with a mic), do calculations and more.