I have a little girl at my school who is in Grade 3 and globally delayed. She has many daily challenges but you would never know it with her infectious smile, easy going, happy personality. She is fully integrated in a beautiful class; where the teacher and students fully accept her. There is actually a class schedule for daily helpers because all students eagerly want to be Camryn's buddy.
Anyways, Camryn uses a variety of modalities to communicate with people within her world on a daily basis including gestures, verbalizations, pointing and an iPad with Picture Card Plus and Proloquo2go apps.
Camryn's questions she used to initiate conversation with staff and peers were, "Are we going to gym?" and "Are we going outside?" She has asked these questions for approximately 2 years: sometimes they were audible and pronounced with some clarity other times they were not.
We have always felt that Camryn wanted to say more, so we programmed other questions into her communication programs and after months of repetition....Camryn asked me "How are you?" Her SSP and I instantly cried and jumped for joy! In addition, we called Mom and she cried too! With a quivering voice, Mom asked us to try and record this amazing progression on her iPad! It was definitely an exciting day!
I can't wait to see and hear what other amazing things this beautiful little girl has to share. In addition, I can't imagine what opportunities she would be missing out on if the "right" to technology was not given to her.
Here is the link to explore additional information on Picture Card Maker Plus app.
(http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=D-td1N3vYs3sHM&tbnid=iehsEGr16ERmSM:&ved=0CAMQjhw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appannie.com%2Fapps%2Fios%2Fapp%2Fpicture-card-maker-plus%2F&ei=N1FgU7biE4Kh2QW2_4C4Dg&bvm=bv.65636070,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH0al8fe3-I5J2hLinkRAk5MjosXw&ust=1398907456552261
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