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
Chapter excerpt: Location Sharing for Explorers – techniques
Location sharing is one of the most important benefits of iPhone use for our Explorers. I previously posted an excerpt about the ethics of location sharing, this is about methods. _______ We use Apple location sharing to track the locations of our Explore’s phones. It’s enabled one to ride his bicycle across a large metropolitan …
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Chapter excerpt: The ethics of location sharing
From the book chapter on navigation – covers maps, transit, and location tracking. This is about the privacy implications of location tracking … — We use Apple location sharing to track the locations of our Explorers’ phones. It’s enabled one to ride his bicycle across a large metropolitan area and another to travel by bus …
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Chapter excerpt: managing phone spam for special needs iPhone users
From chapter on using an iPhone as a … telephone. —— When telephone calls migrated from mechanical switches to digital networks they picked up an unexpected problem. It’s now quite easy for someone outside of the US legal system to phone someone in the US with a fake phone number. These calls are used for …
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Contact
You can reach me at jf@sphone4all.com or on Twitter (@sphone4all)