“I have had my iPad nearly a year now and both my fine motor skills and short term memory have improved to different degrees.”
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Showing posts with label ipad. Show all posts
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Keyguards for iPad keyboards - ABC and/or QWERTY
From the website:
“Use this keyguard with the built in iPad keyboard. Designed to fit standard QWERTY keyboard layout, will also accommodate AZERTY and QWERTZ layouts.
Keyguards were designed for use with optional iPad case(available from Apple here). Case is not required to use the keyguard. Please note that the Keyguard does not currently fit in the Otterbox case.
Laser cut from 1/8th inch clear acrylic. Includes four 1/8th inch bumpers that you can attach to the keyguard if needed(may help prevent accidental activation of a key).”
Keyguards were designed for use with optional iPad case(available from Apple here). Case is not required to use the keyguard. Please note that the Keyguard does not currently fit in the Otterbox case.
Laser cut from 1/8th inch clear acrylic. Includes four 1/8th inch bumpers that you can attach to the keyguard if needed(may help prevent accidental activation of a key).”
Finding Mike - Boy with autism wins 4th place at state science fair
“Finding Mike is a KEYE TV Austin news feature about a boy with autism who has limited verbal communication (can only request NEEDS verbally) but has learned to communicate all his thoughts. Only a year previously he had been sorting silverware at school in Louisiana, but thanks to his school in Texas, he has been included in academics and won 4th prize at the State of Texas Science Fair for his project regarding Solutes and the Boiling Point of Water.
Mike is able to point out his words on a letterboard, WHILE saying each letter as he points. His life has changed dramatically and he is now a role model for all those who have non-verbal or limited communication autism.”
Monday, April 4, 2011
Keyguard for iPad and Proloquo2Go available
Keyguards for the iPad are available at last, in case you or someone you know has difficulty hitting only one key at a time. If you need a keyguard for a different communication app, contact the company (Laseredpics). They are looking into making others as requests are made.
Proloquo2Go Keyguards
http://www.laseredpics.biz/servlet/the-2547/proloquo-proloquo2go-keyguard-adaptive/Detail
http://www.laseredpics.biz/servlet/the-2547/proloquo-proloquo2go-keyguard-adaptive/Detail
Woody's Story: On a Mission for Woody - Communication through technology
Here is a lovely article about a mom's mission to help her son: "Woody is plenty smart, he just uses unconventional means to show what he knows....He can point and type. Using a simple letterboard, Alphasmart and now an iPad, Woody is able to do the academic work of a typical 6th grader, despite his considerable challenges and severe communication deficits."
Woody’s Story: On a Mission for Woody / Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)
“When Woody was diagnosed with autism at age 2, I went into a mad dash for services and interventions. I heard that some mythical window closes at age 5; the once-elastic brain becomes concrete, impenetrable. Age 5 passed, then 7, then 10. Woody is now 12, still non-verbal and nowhere near “recovered”, even though we threw the kitchen sink of therapies at him. . . .”
Technology Gives Young Boy a Voice
“Having this device enabled him to say I’m here, I can hear you. I know what’s going on. And I have thoughts and I have feelings and he gets to express them.”-- Beth Patitucci, Andrew's mom
Technology Gives Young Boy a Voice, CBS Philadelphia
“For nine-year-old Andrew Patitucci, music was once the only form of expression. Born with cornelia de lange syndrome, the developmental disorder affected his size and speech. . . .”
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