Tag: cerebral palsy
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ATIA 2015: Products and Professionals We Enjoyed
Speak for Yourself ATIA15 booth – busy like this for most of the conference! As you may know, if you follow our Facebook page, we just got back from the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) Conference. I started to share this as a post in our Speak for Yourself Users group, but it got too long and difficult to…
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Speak for Yourself AAC App Will Be 50% off on World Autism Awareness Day
It has been a busy couple of weeks for awareness. World Down Syndrome Day was March 21st. March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day was March 25th. April and May will raise awareness for autism, undiagnosed children, and apraxia. Undiagnosed Children’s Day is April 25th. Apraxia Awareness Day is May…
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The History Feature in the Speak for Yourself AAC app
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” – Michael Crichton I don’t usually write a blog post when we release a Speak for Yourself update, but this 1.5 version update is special. Over the years, as we’ve worked with…
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AAC Implementation: Where Do I Start?
You have a nonverbal child who is depending on you to find him/her a way to communicate. Whether you are a parent or a speech-language pathologist (SLP), that’s a lot of pressure, and the stakes are high. You take the responsibility seriously. You have an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app or device. If you’ve…
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Speech-Language Pathologists and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluations: First Do No Harm
We have been writing this post for years in our heads. Every time we are asked to consult for a child who has already had an evaluation with a recommendation for an extremely limited mid tech device, we write it. Every time we go into a classroom for one child, and ask the speech- language pathologist…
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Day 7 of the Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge
We continue to follow Mary, as she spends the week voiceless and using the iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself (SFY) Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate. Her daughter, Jess, uses SFY to communicate. Here is Mary’s journal entry for her 7th voiceless day: “Husband is still trying to guess what I’m…
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Day 6: Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge…The Mini Goes to New York City
We continue to follow the ambitious and curious mom, Mary. She is going voiceless for a week and using her daughter’s back up iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate. Today was her sixth day, and here she shares her experiences: “Up and out early today. Dropped…
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Day 5: Voiceless But Still Talking (With AAC) Challenge
Mary, the incredible mom who has been using her daughter’s back up iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself (SfY) Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate instead of her voice, shares her experiences of the fifth day of her week long challenge: “Woke up early. Standing at sink drinking a glass of water,…
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Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge Day 4 – It Is Time For The Wine…
We are following an amazing mother’s experiences as she goes voiceless for a week to better understand and support her daughter’s ability to “navigate in a verbal world.” Here is Mary’s journal for the 4th day, using an iPad mini and the Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate: “This morning,…
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The First Full Day of the Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge
Today is the first day of October and the beginning of AAC Awareness Month! We are following Mary, who is using her daughter’s (Jessie) back up iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself AAC app…for a WEEK! Today was the first full day of her “Voiceless But Still Talking Challenge.” Has anyone else joined her?…