For day programs and transition programs

Accessible AI skills for adults with intellectual disabilities

AbleMakers turns AI into a life-skills curriculum for adults with IDD: daily living, communication, safety, and a full job-readiness arc, in safe scripted chats participants drive themselves.

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6 ready-to-run AI activities for adult programs

Choose one activity for a 10 to 20 minute session. Every activity uses scripted practice before live AI, needs no learner account, and accepts tapping, pointing, signing, AAC, reading, or listening.

  1. About 10 minutes

    Say hello to AI

    Learn what AI is and send one friendly first message.

    Ways to take part
    Tap, point, read, or listen. No typing is required.
    Facilitator cue
    Ask: What would you like your helper to call you?
    Start Say hello to AIRead the lesson first

  2. About 15 minutes

    Plan your day

    Build a simple plan for today and change one step.

    Ways to take part
    Choose from concrete options and listen again whenever needed.
    Facilitator cue
    Offer two real choices, then let the learner decide.
    Start Plan your dayRead the lesson first

  3. About 20 minutes

    Make a meal and shopping list

    Choose a familiar meal and make a useful shopping list.

    Ways to take part
    Use spoken choices, pictures, pointing, or AAC.
    Facilitator cue
    Check allergies and food needs with staff or family.
    Start Make a meal and shopping listRead the lesson first

  4. About 20 minutes

    Write a real email

    Draft a short, useful email in the learner's own voice.

    Ways to take part
    Use short message choices with read-aloud support.
    Facilitator cue
    Practice first. Check the recipient together before sending.
    Start Write a real emailRead the lesson first

  5. About 15 minutes

    Spot an online trick

    Spot scam warning signs and practice stop, close, and tell.

    Ways to take part
    Use clear choices, repetition, and a calm pace.
    Facilitator cue
    Praise the pause. Never ask for a real message with private details.
    Start Spot an online trickRead the lesson first

  6. About 20 minutes

    Learn a work task in small steps

    Break a familiar work task into clear steps to keep nearby.

    Ways to take part
    Take one step at a time and pause whenever needed.
    Facilitator cue
    A supervisor or job coach checks the final steps before use.
    Start Learn a work task in small stepsRead the lesson first

The learner makes every choice. Staff can read, point, repeat, or wait, but never need to take over the screen.

Made for program days

  • Independence, not time-filling

    Participants build skills they use the same week: planning days, making shopping lists, understanding mail, writing messages. Every quest ends with something real made.

  • A work-readiness arc

    The AI at Work land walks the path to employment: finding real job skills, a first resume, interview practice, learning tasks in small steps, and workplace messages.

  • Runs on whatever you have

    Any browser on any tablet, phone, or computer. No accounts, no licenses, no cost, no IT project. Progress saves per device; optional sign-in syncs across devices.

  • Safety woven in, not bolted on

    Privacy, scam-spotting, and ask-a-person boundaries are quests participants complete, not policies staff recite. Money and benefits moments always route to trusted people.

Fitting it into a program day

  1. Small groups of one to three per device work well: one drives, others listen and cheer.
  2. One land is a natural unit: three to five quests, badge each, trophy at the end.
  3. Print certificates when a land finishes and make it a moment.
  4. Rotate the Skills Library pages as discussion starters between sessions.
  5. Staff read the family guides once: they double as facilitation training.

Questions about benefits and paid work? Start with the money and benefits guide.

Run a free pilot this week

The 30-minute workshop kit includes a facilitator timeline, safety prompts, a QR code that takes participants straight to their first activity, and privacy-safe reflection sheets for the end of the session.

Open the workshop kitRun the AI literacy lessonPrint reflection sheets

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Useful in a real program day

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