Short Film About Autism: Apple's Accessibility Features Can Help People With Special Needs

It is easy to take for granted the importance of Apple's accessibility features. Fortunately, a new short film called "Dillan's Voice" shows how Apple's accessibility features help people with special needs communicate and interact with the people around them.

"Dillan's Voice" was released during the weekend and stars Dillan Barmache, a 16-year-old student with autism who suffers from speech problems, Tech Crunch reports. "Dillan's Voice" shows that with the help of Apple's accessibility features and modern apps, Dillan is able to communicate with the world much easier than before.

Apple gives voice to autistic teen Dillan through technology https://t.co/Ua8yjn4GwI by @benbold pic.twitter.com/UGXwWEQdwK

— Marketing Magazine (@MarketingUK) April 4, 2016

"Dillan's life has changed quite a lot thanks to technology, and in this case an iPad paired with three apps - Proloquo4Text, Assistive Express and Keeble," Tech Crunch explains. "Now, he can type on his iPad and talk with people around him." The iPad interface is also much more user-friendly for people with special needs compared to laptops.

#Apple Profiles iPad Apps for World Autism Awareness; 50% off Proloquo4Text (an Augmentative Alternative Comm app): https://t.co/aeaAjTro4p — Project Rex (@Project_Rex) April 4, 2016

Aside from helping people with autism communicate with the world, Apple's accessibility features provide other benefits to its users. One feature is zoom, which can now magnify the screen up to 20 times its original size in order to help people with vision problems, according to Apple.com.

Another amazing Apple feature is Dictation, which allows you to use your voice to email, send messages, write notes and surf the web. It even allows its users to delete sentences, replace words and bold paragraphs through your voice commands. Apple's accessibility features should really be appreciated and supported by everyone because these features can truly help a lot of people, especially those with disabilities and special needs.