I was so grateful Jocalyn shared this trailer and film on her blog. It truly inspired me for many reasons, so I thought I'd share it! Here is the trailer and the actual, full film. Truly amazing.
We are working on implementing a communication system with my daughter and I came across this video of children using all different methods of communication. I love how it shows the children participating in everyday activities with their talkers commonplace. It makes it feel less intimidating to me as we venture down the path of looking at AAC talking devices.
I loved this video is featured on the Giving Voice website. AAC user, Lewis from Newcastle speaks up for young people with speech, language and communication needs.
The products seen in this video are the first steps towards a comprehensive curriculum to teach purposeful eye gaze interaction leading to each purposeful eye gaze interaction leading to eye gaze controlled communication and computing. We have road maps and progressions to teach keyboards and switch skills but this will be important for us to teach learners what they need to access an eye gaze controlled device. Amazing.
Have you heard of Tar Heel Reader? You need to check it out!
It's a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. The books are adapted for easy accessibility (for switch users). And you can add voice with just the click of a button.
There's also an option to register for a free account and create your own books -- or have your child create his or her own book.... with just a few clicks!
Think of the possibilities!
Go here to find out how to create eBooks via PowerPoint. Go here to find out how to add narration to your PowerPoint eBook.
Which technological device(s) do you use for your special needs child? Which apps are your favorites? Which online resources do you find most helpful? Please share!
Proloquo2Go™ is a new product from AssistiveWare that provides a full-featured communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. It brings natural sounding text-to-speech voices, up-to-date symbols, powerful automatic conjugations, a default vocabulary of over 7000 items, full expandability and extreme ease of use. If you know how to use an iPhone or iPod touch you know how to use Proloquo2Go. While Proloquo2Go has a lot of advanced features the basics are extremely simple and easy.
