TIP SHEET: My “Must Have” Papers – Managing the Paperwork of Adulting

A new publication is available from The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (Transitions ACR) for youth and young adults.  The publication offers tips about keeping and protecting important personal records and information and is available in English and Spanish.

There are some personal papers that everybody must have, such as a birth certificate, license if you drive a car (or State ID if you don’t), or a student ID if you are a college student.  This tip sheet, “My Must-Have Papers,” offers tips about keeping and protecting your important personal records and information. (If this feels like a lot of information, sometimes an older family member or friend with experience can help you acquire and organize these documents.)

The tip sheet also explains what types of documents a person might need in everyday adult life, such as identification, medical and employment records, and Social Security cards. It covers which papers are important to hold on to and which ones can be discarded, which to have always available and which ones can be left at home or other secure location.

The English version is at this link:  My Must-Have Papers

The Spanish version is at this link:  Mis documentos importantes

 

Georgia Tech Offers “Tools for Life” App Finder

appsthe Tools for Life Appfinder, available at Tools for Life, the Georgia Assistive Technology Project, is a very useful web-based search engine for apps! You can search by name, device type, or function. It’s also possible to limit the search by price (FREE, up to $4.99, up to 9.99 or ALL.)

There are also options to add an app, rate an app and offer comments and suggestions.

Researching and locating new apps can be an overwhelming task. “Our Favorite Apps” database promises to help make your app search much easier. This database is a unique tool that will allow you to search for apps by disability or multiple disabilities as well as by price ranges and device types. Every app housed in this database has been used and/ or tested by one or more members of the Tools for Life team along with many of our peers from across the country including members of other Assistive Technology (AT) Act Programs, physical, occupational and speech language therapists; AT professionals; people with disabilities and other leaders in the disability community. You will also find reviews and comments from apps users across the country to help you make informed decisions before purchasing and using an app. With so many apps available, our Tools for Life App database will also link you to other app databases that were designed for specific disabilities.

Tools for Life also offers two other helpful resource pages:

Our Other Favorite Apps: A short list of links to other resources of helpful apps for specific disabilities (e.g. autism and dyslexia) or other app review sites

Helpful Links:  A variety of links and links to helpful videos (e.g. Voice Over Basics, Proloquo2Go e-Learning Videos

Tools for Life – Apps to Meet Your Needs

Tools for Life is the  Assistive Technology Act Program for the state of Georgia.  TFL maintains a wiki and a database of information about useful apps for living, learning, the world of work and playing.

Our Other Favorite Apps: Apps for Certain Disabilities

http://www.gatfl.gatech.edu/tflwiki/index.php?title=Our_Other_Favorite_Apps

The database allows you to search for apps by  price, app purpose, etc.

http://www.gatfl.gatech.edu/favorite-search.php