{"id":337314,"date":"2017-04-01T00:43:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/03\/31\/apple-highlights-autism-acceptance-month\/"},"modified":"2017-04-01T00:43:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:43:54","slug":"apple-highlights-autism-acceptance-month-through-app-store-retail-field-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-highlights-autism-acceptance-month-through-app-store-retail-field-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Highlights Autism Acceptance Month Through App Store, Retail Field Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\" readability=\"64.141592920354\">April is Autism Acceptance Month, and Apple plans to mark the occasion in several ways, including a dedicated section in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/app-store\/\">App Store<\/a> and retail field trips.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steven_aquino\/status\/847818993431846912\">Steven Aquino<\/a>, a journalist who covers accessibility topics, Apple will offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/retail\/fieldtrip\/\">field trips<\/a> to retail stores that will host music events designed to include children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Kids will be able to participate in the events using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/product\/HJAV2ZM\/A\/skoogmusic-skoog-20-tactile-musical-interface-for-ios-mac\">Skoogmusic Skoog 2.0 Tactile Musical Interface<\/a>, one of the many accessibility-oriented accessories Apple sells in its online store. Skoog is a tactile cube that lets children with disabilities control sound through touch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/srRNtA3IzlQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Along with special Apple Store events, Apple has created an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appstore.com\/autism\">Autism Acceptance App Store section<\/a> that includes dozens of important accessibility apps organized into sections like Apps for Every Day, Apps for Learning, Books, Podcasts, and iTunes U courses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/03\/autismacceptanceappstore-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-558057\"\/><br \/>Some of the apps included are Proloquo2Go, :prose, Keeble Accessible Keyboard, Assistive Express, TouchChat HD, RocketKeys, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Accessibility has always been hugely important to Apple, and the company has aimed to make its devices accessible for everyone, with in-depth accessibility settings to meet a range of needs. Back in October, Apple launched a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility website<\/a> that highlights accessibility features across all of its products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is Autism Acceptance Month, and Apple plans to mark the occasion in several ways, including a dedicated section in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/app-store\/\">App Store<\/a> and retail field trips.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steven_aquino\/status\/847818993431846912\">Steven Aquino<\/a>, a journalist who covers accessibility topics, Apple will offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/retail\/fieldtrip\/\">field trips<\/a> to retail stores that will host music events designed to include children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Kids will be able to participate in the events using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/product\/HJAV2ZM\/A\/skoogmusic-skoog-20-tactile-musical-interface-for-ios-mac\">Skoogmusic Skoog 2.0 Tactile Musical Interface<\/a>, one of the many accessibility-oriented accessories Apple sells in its online store. Skoog is a tactile cube that lets children with disabilities control sound through touch.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/srRNtA3IzlQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAlong with special Apple Store events, Apple has created an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appstore.com\/autism\">Autism Acceptance App Store section<\/a> that includes dozens of important accessibility apps organized into sections like Apps for Every Day, Apps for Learning, Books, Podcasts, and iTunes U courses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/03\/autismacceptanceappstore-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-558057\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSome of the apps included are Proloquo2Go, :prose, Keeble Accessible Keyboard, Assistive Express, TouchChat HD, RocketKeys, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Accessibility has always been hugely important to Apple, and the company has aimed to make its devices accessible for everyone, with in-depth accessibility settings to meet a range of needs. Back in October, Apple launched a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility website<\/a> that highlights accessibility features across all of its products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tag: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/accessibility\/\">accessibility<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/apple-highlights-autism-acceptance-month.2039642\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=bOO8ddR1WNg:XFDb0PbYwJ4:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=bOO8ddR1WNg:XFDb0PbYwJ4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/bOO8ddR1WNg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-337314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}