I’m building this site to support a book project. It replaces an older site that you can see 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.
Blog
Simplifying the iPhone for special needs users: Notifications
I’m nearing the end of my Smartphones for All book chapter on initial iPhone setup. I thought this would be short chapter, but of course I started I learned there was a lot to walk through. This chapter needs to be simplified but I’ll need to rewrite it anyway once iOS 11 is out. Writing …
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Simplifying the iPhone for Explorers: Accessibility options
From a Smartphones for All book chapter on initial setup of an Explorer’s iPhone … The iPhone Accessibility settings are largely organized for users with vision, hearing, and movement problems. These may be very important for many Explorers but that’s a topic for another book. Apple’s iPhone User Guide and especially their Support pages have …
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Reintroducing the book project
I’ve taken a day from writing to do some long delayed marketing work. I’ve replaced my old site with this wordpress based site. I’ll move and redo some material from the book’s Facebook Page to this blog. That page won’t go away, but instead of publishing on Facebook I’ll reference what I post here. This site …
Contact
You can reach me at jfaughnan@gmail.com.