Looking for at-home learning resources for your child with disabilities?
Whether your child needs reading support, adaptive fitness ideas, handwriting practice, or anything in between, we’ve got you covered. We’ve also included ideas for parents and caregivers to help you address your kids’ sensory needs at home, training tools to help you work with your child’s Assistive Devices, and tech tools to make your computer programs accessible. Use this list of free resources to get started.
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American Sign Language resources
Augmentive and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Autism
Education and learning at home
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy and fitness
Reading and literacy
Speech-language therapy
Technology Tools for Accessibility
American Sign Language Resources
180 signed stories (Elementary School)
Bar codes you scan for signed children’s stories (with instructions)
ASL storytelling from Mommy Gone Tropical (Elementary School)
Signed children’s stories on Facebook
Aunt Alice’s ASL TV (Preschool)
300+ signed stories on YouTube for preschoolers
Described and Captioned Media Program (Children and Adults)
Described and captioned educational videos for children who are visually impaired, Deaf, or hard of hearing (you have to sign up for a free membership)
Did You Know That? (Elementary School)
Signed YouTube videos that teach children about interesting facts
ECE’s ASL Corpus (Preschool, Elementary School)
ASL vocabulary videos on YouTube
Family Signs (Children and Adults)
Online sign language instruction program
Augmentive and Alternative Communication (AAC)
AAC for Caregivers Manual (Elementary)
Resource guide for using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), including handouts
Parent Training/Resources (Elementary)
Training videos and handouts on strategies for using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Autism
10 Hobbies and Activities to Enjoy With Your Autistic Child (Elementary, Middle & High School)
Recreation activities you can do at home or outside
The Autism Page (Preschool, Elementary)
Activities for young autistic children
How to Create a Sensory Room for Your Autistic Child (Children and Adults)
Instructions for making a sensory room in your home
Tools and Techniques for Students on the Autism Spectrum (Texas Autism Circuit) (Children and Adults)
Visual tools you can print out for autistic students
See more resources about autism
Education and learning at home
Deaf Education Library (all school ages)
Do2Learn: online songs and games (Preschool, Elementary)
Songs and games you can play on the computer
Down Syndrome Resource Foundation: Learn at Home (All school ages)
E-Learning for Deaf Kids (All school ages)
Educational videos for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students
Brain Breaks: What You Need to Know (All school ages)
Ideas for how to give your kids a break from schoolwork
Eye to Eye Empower app (Middle, High School)
App that helps students make an education advocacy plan (for iPhones and iPads)
Skill Champ (Preschool, K-3)
Learning app for iPad and iPhone
All4mychild social learning apps (Elementary)
Apps for iPhone and iPad that work on social development skills
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy Home Activities (Preschool, Elementary)
Occupational therapy activities to do at home
Occupational Therapy Supports (All ages)
Occupational therapy activities to do at home from the NYC Department of Education (includes an activity packet you can read on the computer or print)
School-based occupational therapy at home (NESCA) (Preschool, Elementary)
Occupational therapy activities to do at home
Tools to Grow (Preschool, Elementary)
Activities and resources you can print to work on motor, sensory, and handwriting skills (you have to sign up for a free membership)
See more resources about occupational therapy for children
Physical Therapy and Fitness
Physical Therapy Supports (All school ages)
Physical therapy activities to do at home from the NYC Department of Education
Special Olympics School of Strength (High School, Adults)
Fitness videos
Reading and Literacy
Alphabetic Principle & Phonics (Preschool, elementary)
Online tools for learning about phonics
BeeLine Reader (Grades 4-12)
App and browser extension that helps with reading
Bookshare (Middle, High School, Adults)
Online library of books for people with print disabilities, such as blindness or dyslexia (you need proof of disability to get a free membership)
Into the Book (Elementary)
Interactive reading activities and video programs
Make Beliefs Comix (Elementary, Middle School)
Website for making comic strips to work on reading, writing, and storytelling
NaturalReader (All school ages)
Online tool that reads text out loud
Room Recess (Elementary)
Online reading games
Starfall (Preschool, Elementary)
Online reading materials
Supporting Students with Reading Needs (Elementary)
Online tools for working on reading skills
See more resources about reading and literacy
Speech-Language Therapy
Activities and quizzes by Tracy Boyd, SLP (Preschool, Elementary)
Language and word games you can play online
Adapted story books (Speech Therapy of the Rocky Mountains) (Preschool, Elementary)
Story books with pictures you can cut out and make sentences with (includes a link to a webinar about how to use this kind of book)
Speech and Language Activities for Home (Preschool, Grades K-2)
Speech therapy activities to do at home (you have to sign up for a free account)
Speech and Language Kids (Preschool, Elementary)
Activities and guides for working on speech and language
Speech Buddies (Preschool, Elementary)
Activities and resources about speech therapy (not all resources on the page are free)
Speech therapy book list (Preschool, Elementary)
List of books for working on speech and language goals
Speech Therapy Supports (All school ages)
Speech therapy activities to do at home from the NYC Department of Education
Speech Time Fun (Elementary)
Speech therapy activities (you have to join an email mailing list)
Twenty 5-Minute Speech Therapy Activities You Can Do at Home (Children and Adults)
Speech therapy activities to do at home
See more resources about speech therapy
Technology Tools for Accessibility
Assistive Technology Supports (All school ages)
Links to instructions from the NYC Department of Ed for using various assistive technology devices
Chrome Extensions to support all learners (Children and Adults)
Links to assistive tools that you can put on your computer, such as tools that read a website’s text out loud
Google tools to make presentations accessible (All school ages)
Instructions for using tools like captioning and braille displays in Google Slides
Seeing AI (Children and Adults)
Free app that narrates text, pictures, and scenes on iPhones and iPads
Tap Tap See (Children and Adults)
App for people with visual impairments that lets you take a picture and then tells you what it is (for Android and iPhone)
