I’m building this site to support a book project. It replaces an older site that you can see here.
Material from my Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota presentation of Sept 2017 is here.
About the author
John Faughnan is a father of two persons with atypical minds. He’s writing a book to share what he’s learned over the past five years of promoting independence and responsible smartphone use for persons with autism and cognitive disabilities who need external support.
In addition to his experience as a parent John is a family physician, a specialist in medical informatics, and decades of experience in software development.
You can contact John at jf@sphone4all.com
Blog
iPhone safety for Explorers – a chapter section on setting Apple age
When I started my book project I though iPhone setup would be a quick chapter. It didn’t turn out that way. iPhone configuration is probably a third of the book, including initial setup, simplifications, and safety measures. Most recently iOS 12 forced a complete rewrite of all these chapters and, in the absence of documentation, …
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Netflix accounts can be purchased with a gift card
We learned today that it’s not hard to create an individual Netflix account for an Explorer without the risks of automated credit card or debit car withdrawals (overdrafts, lack of expense control, tracking of spend, etc). A Netflix account can be funded by a Netflix gift card. Our Explorer paid me cash from his job, …
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iOS 12.0.1 bug: can’t enable blocked site by entering restriction code
In iOS 11 when Web Content was set to “Allowed websites only” and a user tried to access a non-allowed site there was an option to allow the page. Tap on that, enter the restriction code, and the page was added to the permitted list. This option is missing in iOS 12.0.1. Instead the “allowed …
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Contact
You can reach me at jf@sphone4all.com or on Twitter (@sphone4all)