Category Archives: Autism

A Very Rewarding Event

  September 19, 2012 I’m sitting on a flight home from St. Louis and reflecting on the past two days at the Touch Technology Applications for Children with Special Needs Conference.  I first became aware of this event when a … Continue reading

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Apple devices gain scientific backing for autism assistance

We knew it all along, but now there is published evidence. “Researchers concluded what advocates have said for years: usage of Apple’s touch-based suite led to significant improvements in the functionality of autistic people.” The Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation published … Continue reading

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FoxNews.com interviews Brain Parade founder Jim McClafferty

Did you catch Brain Parade Founder Jim McClafferty on Fox News.com last week?   I had a great conversation with Meg Baker at FoxNews.com about See.Touch.Learn. and how it is being used to help children with special needs.   Brain Parade Founder … Continue reading

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iPad Insight says, “See.Touch.Learn. – Great Looking iPad App for Those with Autism and Special Needs”

See Touch Learn – Great Looking iPad App for Those with Autism and Special Needs See. Touch. Learn. is a hugely impressive looking iPad app from Brain Parade, a publisher dedicated to creating solutions for children with autism and other … Continue reading

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Hoopla Ha features See.Touch.Learn.

See.Touch.Learn. in Action! If you havent visited Hoopla Ha yet, you should.  What is Hoopla Ha?  Here is how they describe themselves “HooplaHa.com was created as your instant dose of uplifting, feel-good video guaranteed to put a smile on your … Continue reading

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Brain Parade Founder interviewed by News 12 CT

Brain Parade founder and president Jim McClafferty had an opportunity to sit down with Amelie Wilson, News 12 Connecticut Anchor and Education Notebook host to talk about See.Touch.Learn.  Watch the interview here.    

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Happy 1st Birthday to See.Touch.Learn.!

Happy Birthday to See.Touch.Learn.™! On March 9, 2011 we launched See.Touch.Learn. in the Apple iTunes App Store and in one short year we’ve achieved some significant milestones: See.Touch.Learn. and See.Touch.Learn. Pro 2012 were downloaded over 350,000 times!  We have customers … Continue reading

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Happy New Year Sale!

Celebrate the New Year with Brain Parade and support a great cause. From December 30th through January 1st Brain Parade has lowered the price of See.Touch.Learn.™ Pro 2012 to $19.99 (US) and lowered the price of the add-on libraries in See.Touch.Learn.™ to $0.99 … Continue reading

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Return the Special Education Category to iTunes!

When Apple launched the iPad2 they showed a video of special needs children using and benefitting from the technology (see excerpt of the video here). Shortly afterwards, Apple had a Special Education Category on the front page of the iTunes … Continue reading

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$0.99 libraries all weekend long !!

Celebrate with Brain Parade In the U.S. we’re celebrating Independence day In Canada, they’re celebrating Canada Day. At Brain Parade we’re celebrating . . . . . . well, we’re just celebrating! We’ve reduced the price of all of our libraries … Continue reading

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