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Practical reviews of apps, software and technology that may help neurodivergent people with learning, organisation and everyday life. I look at what the tools actually do, where they might help and what the evidence does — and does not — tell us.
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Searching an app store for something that will help is exhausting. CALL Scotland's free app wheels group tools by the task a learner is trying to do, which makes them a far more sensible place to start.
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I use Lumosity myself and enjoy it. Here is what the games actually involve, what they appear to draw upon cognitively, and what the research does — and does not — tell us about brain training and dyslexia.
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I use Elevate and enjoy it. Unlike purely abstract brain-training games, several of its activities involve functional skills such as reading, comprehension, vocabulary and writing — which makes it more interesting, and worth looking at carefully.
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