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06 Jun 2016, 9:06 pm

hi guys. sorry about the CAPS in the subject line. and the caps in the last sentence.

so, i am really struggling with my scheduling; not just with activities of daily living, but for my schoolwork too.

ive got to get some scheduling going soon or the waves of life are going to crash over me =(

i just got an iPhone 6 (ive always had a flip phone) and i am doing well with it!

the problem with 'googling' good scheduling/calendar/to-do list apps for autistic people is that the search results are pretty much for 'autism apps'.

i tried to put this query in the right forum; i hope i was successful.

ive looked at ones for kids, but it seems like even those are a task (because presumably an adult set everything up for the kid). your thoughtful suggestions would be sooo much appreciated.



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06 Jun 2016, 9:46 pm

I use mostly the built-in calendar and reminders apps. I'm confused though. Why an autism-specific app? What apps have you tried? What was it that didn't work for you?



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06 Jun 2016, 10:36 pm

DataB4 wrote:
I use mostly the built-in calendar and reminders apps. I'm confused though. Why an autism-specific app? What apps have you tried? What was it that didn't work for you?


thank you for your reply. i could get 'icalendar' for the iPhone. thats kind of built in. its only three dollars.

im asking about autism-specific apps because im afraid i might need something 'prompty'. i dont eat, for example, bathe, etc. yes, im taking post-graduate coursework, but my daily functioning is moderately impaired. heres an example of the ones im seeing for kids: https://otswithapps.com/2013/03/28/visu ... -with-asd/

really im just asking the wrong planet community if they find any scheduler apps actually work well for them though. i realize that i might seem like i need more than a scheduler to get by, but id like to try using a scheduler to see if it helps =(



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07 Jun 2016, 12:26 pm

If you use the iPhone built-in reminders app, you can snooze the reminders for one hour, though you probably knew that.

A search for "nag me" and "annoy reminders" will bring up some apps. They're all either free or a couple of bucks. There are also medication reminder apps, so perhaps you could put in activities that occur at the same time each day.



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11 Jun 2016, 9:04 pm

DataB4 wrote:
If you use the iPhone built-in reminders app, you can snooze the reminders for one hour, though you probably knew that.

A search for "nag me" and "annoy reminders" will bring up some apps. They're all either free or a couple of bucks. There are also medication reminder apps, so perhaps you could put in activities that occur at the same time each day.


ill definitely give them a try and see if they are what im looking for. thank you for your response.