Product |
Overview |
A Child is Missing Alert
http://www.achildismissing.org/
Product Type: Service
Cost: Free
Primary User: First Responder
User Needs: Alert Messaging
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ACIM (a non-profit organization) will make alert calls (when requested by law enforcement) to the last seen areas, to help find missing persons who can't make rational decisions for themselves. Citizens can sign-up to receive alerts for their area.
Unlike Amber Alerts that respond only to child abduction, local police may use ACIM at their discretion.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=UhWXLHdSQwM |
Amber Alert GPS
https://www.amberalertgps.com/
Product Type: App (iOS, Blackberry & Android), Device, Service
Cost: $179.99 (device) – Basic service $9.99 per month;
premium unlimited service $19.99 per month
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Alert Messaging, GPS/Cell Phone |
Locate via App or computer; live tracking via App or computer; voice monitoring; predator alert notifies parent if child comes within 5,000 feet of registered predator's residence; SOS button; safe zone – set virtual boundaries and receive alert if child strays.
Includes app for mobile tracking.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=lvDx03gnrNc |
Autism Help
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-5-point-scale-ep/id467303313?mt=8
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: Free
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Info Sharing |
The 5-Point Scale is a tool that can be used to teach social and emotional concepts to individuals with autism spectrum disorder and help them recognize different levels of stress and anxiety. A tech app has been created, based on the 5-Point Scale, that can be used to identify and convey stress and anxiety levels in emergency situations. "Autism Help" is available free of charge at the Apple Store. The app name is "Autism 5-Point Scale EP"
Important Note: The "Autism Help!" app has been updated to be compatible with iOS 8 and is available at the iTunes App Store. |
Care Trak
http://www.caretrak.com
Product Type: Device
Cost: Emergency Response Team Package $4,995;
Home System Package $699 (special offer/limited time)
Primary User: Home System/Police System
User Needs: Telemetry |
Transmitter (waterproof) bracelet emits frequency number unique to wearer. Tracking range: up to one mile. (Weather and terrain may interfere with tracking.) A hand-held directional antenna used to locate missing person. An audible chirp and LED help with night time use.
Transmitters may also be located in belts, shoes or other places when a wrist application is not possible. Battery lasts approximately 2 months. Replacement batteries cost $3.29 sold by Care Trak. Company also sells perimeter system packaged with home system for $999 (limited time offer)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l06FTtwS4xE |
Dial Safe Pro
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dialsafe-pro/id438306615?mt=8
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $0.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing, Alert Messaging |
Dial Safe Pro, a tech app, is a teaching tool for how to call someone in case of emergency and what to expect when 9-1-1 is called. The app is available at iTunes. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a free app; there is a $0.99 charge. |
Emergency Alert Key Clip
http://www.nationalemergencyid.com/
products.php?item=92
Product Type: Device
Cost: $10.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
The Emergency Alert Key Tag is an alternative or additional way to protect loved ones in the event of an emergency. |
Firefly High-Viz Stickpack
http://www.roadid.com/Common/
Catalog.aspx?C=Firefly#12
Product Type: Device
Cost: $5.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Reflective material that has an adhesive backing that sticks to most all surfaces – bike, shoes, helmet, jacket, and other gear – to increase visibility. |
Firefly Shoe Laces
http://www.roadid.com/Common/
Catalog.aspx?C=Firefly#8
Product Type: Device
Cost: $5.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Glow in dark shoe laces. |
Glympse
http://www.glympse.com/
Product Type: App (iOS, Android, Windows Mobile)
Cost: Free
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: GPS |
Glympse™ is a groundbreaking new way to share your location with anyone for a specified period of time using patent-pending GlympseWatch™ timer.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wg-MsCQJ6n4 |
ICE
http://www.appventive.com/ice
Product Type: App (Android)
Cost: $3.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing, Alert Messaging |
Store emergency contacts, insurance and medical information. |
iCommunicate
http://www.grembe.com/home
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $34.99 - $49.99 for iPad
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Communication, Social Skills |
App for iOS allows user to create communication and social storyboards.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=4FkSNMLVlmk |
iPrompts
http://www.handholdadaptive.com/
iPrompts.html
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $49.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Social Skills |
iPrompts® is used by thousands of caregivers around the world to create and present visual schedules, timers, and choices to those with autism spectrum disorders. Supported by U.S. Department of Education-sponsored research, iPrompts® contains a suite of visual support tools designed to improve attention to task, increase understanding of upcoming events, smooth transitions to new environments, and empower visual thinkers to stay organized and communicate preferences.
Check out "iPrompts Demonstration (2013)" by HandHold Adaptive on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/62183795 |
iSocial
Product Type: Service
Cost: Consumer
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Social Skills, Preparedness Training |
iSocial Project is researching and developing the use of virtual environment for training youth diagnosed with ASD to promote learning of social competence that can be applied in real world settings.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=aCts-2VJGOI |
Life Gear Flashlight/Glow Stick
http://www.lifegearcompany.com/
glowsticks/index.html
Product Type: Device
Cost: $6.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Flashlight, glow stick |
Living Safely
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/living-safely/
id396774523?mt=8
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $34.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Living Safely provides self-directed learning sessions for 27 important safety skills topics based on proven content developed by the Attainment Company. |
Loc8tor
http://www.loc8tor.com
Product Type: Device
Cost: $169.95
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Alert Messaging, Radio frequency + unspecified "new technologies" |
Handheld device (looks like a small remote with LCD screen) has two modes: locate and alert. Locate mode provide voice and visual directions to tagged item. Alert mode lets user set a defined safe zone activating an audio and vibrating alarm if items leaves safe zone. Alert mode also allows the holder to activate a panic alert if help is needed.
This device is marketed as a method of locating, "personal property, pets and children." Maximum range 600 feet. Actual range may be less depending upon specific situation. Uses 2 AAA batteries. |
Locators (Brickhouse)
https://www.brickhousesecurity.com
Product Type: Device
Cost: Varies
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Short range locators, including Giggle Bug Child Locator ("Locate Your Child with the Push of a Button Up to 150 Feet Away") and Toddler Tag Child Locator ("Find Your Child Instantly with the Touch of a Button, Up to 150 Feet Away"). |
MedTag
http://resqrsoftware.com/medtag.php
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $ .99 iOS App
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing, Preparedness Training |
App provides access to personal medical and insurance information, as well as, step-by-step instructions on how to respond to 30+ medical emergencies.
Android app in development. Site offers other products for PocketPC, /Mac & Windows Desktop.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3vv4tEMQ2F4 |
My Locator
http://www.nationalemergencyid.com/
products.php?item=51
Product Type: Device
Cost: $20.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Short range locator – credit card size transmitter and key chain |
Phrazer
http://www.myphrazer.com
Product Type: Device
Cost:
Primary User: Health Care Provider, Caregiver
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing |
Phrazer is a multilingual medical communication system. The device collects information and a medical history, and then creates a medical record compatible with major EMR systems.
http://www.myphrazer.com/phrazer-product |
Pocket First Aid & CPR
(American Heart Association)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/
pocket-first-aid-cpr-from/
id294351164?mt=8
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $3.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Preparedness Training |
American Heart Association's Pocket First Aid & CPR provides up-to-date emergency information including first aid procedures, first aid kit checklist, save your medical information for quick retrieval, look up your doctor or emergency contacts with a single click, and store your insurance information for easy access. |
Project Lifesaver
http://www.projectlifesaver.org
Product Type: Device, Service
Cost: Varies depending upon local agency participation
Primary User: Consumer and First responder
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing, Telemetry |
Project Lifesaver Program works in collaboration with local police/first responders. If program is available locally, an enrollment request may be submitted. Person wears a transmitter around wrist/ankle. If person wanders, caregiver notifies local Project Lifesaver agency to activate transmitter and initiate search.
Project Lifesaver and Safety Net (see below) are two different programs that use the same equipment/product. Terms of service agreements differ between the two programs.
St. Paul Police and surrounding metro police appear to already be participating in this program. Project Lifesaver contacts at St Paul Police Department are Officer Lisa Kruse 651-266-5644 and Officer Chris Stark 651.266.5960.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=x2uPG_h7z0I |
Remember the Milk
http://www.rememberthemilk.com
Product Type: App (iOS, Android, Web)
Cost: Lite version - FREE, premium version $1.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing |
To-do List. Use to-do lists to create personalized emergency checklists. |
SafeKidZone
http://safekidzone.com
Product Type: App, Service
Cost: 4-tiers: Free, $9.95, $12.95, Corporate – call for quote
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Alert Messaging, GPS |
Service provides web and phone app, which provides access to safety network of family and friends, response call center and (when appropriate) 911 via a panic button installed on cell or smart phone. Additional safety information such as known sex offenders in area is also available.
Works with most cell and smart phones. No age restriction – app may be used by children young and old. |
Shoe ID
http://www.roadid.com/Common/
Catalog.aspx?C=RoadID#3
Product Type: Device
Cost: $20.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Strap laser engraved ID tag to running, walking, or cycling shoe. |
Stories2Learn
http://itunes.apple.com/us/
app/stories2learn/id348576875?mt=8
Product Type: App (iOS)
Cost: $13.99
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Social Skills Preparedness Training |
Create personalized stories for iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) using photos, text and audio. May be used to teach/reinforce social skills.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=zRb3GguSRvY |
Talking Photo Album
https://www.attainmentcompany.com/technology/communication-aids/talking-photo-album
Product Type: Device
Cost: $49.00
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Communication |
AAC device. Easy-to-use speech output album that holds standard 4"
x 6" photos. The Talking Photo Album includes a total of 24 pages, each with a individual message capacity of 10 seconds. Insert photos or picture/text cards into the transparent sleeves and record corresponding messages. User squeezes Play button to activate speech. |
Tap to Talk
http://www.taptotalk.com
Product Type: App (iOS, Android, Web, Nintendo)
Cost: App is free, $99 for Tap to Talk Designer Software
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Communication |
Customizable communication software runs on a variety of devices including Nintendo DS devices.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
user/taptotalk |
Tattoos with a Purpose
http://www.tattooswithapurpose.com
Product Type:
Cost: $9.99 /pk of 6
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: Medical/Info Sharing |
Temporary ID tattoos. Sells a variety of temporary tattoos including one that reads "I have Autism. If I am lost please help me be found – (insert phone #)". |
Visual Assistant
http://www.ablelinktech.com
Product Type: App (Pocket PC)
Cost: $499 (software only)
Primary User: Consumer
User Needs: |
Create personalized step-by-step instructions using video and audio.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=01DtwpHowws |
