Yes, you are absolutely right. roloquo2Go is one of the main AAC applications that we often use with functionally non-verbal children diagnosed with autism and other intellectual disabilities. Thanking you.
Sathiyaprakash. On 9/11/11, Amar Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > iPad is usually associated with fun and gadgetry but it has also been proved > to be of great assistance to people who are disabled. With advanced > technological aids, iPad has come out with some applications which help > disabled children and people to lead a better life by alleviating their > difficulties. This is being compared with the great British physicist, > Stephen Hawking, who took the help of a speech synthesizer when he was not > able to speak. > > It may come as a surprise for many people that iPads which are often linked > with internet surfing and fun gaming can also be used for those people who > are not so fortunate in life as there are assistance programs in iPads which > help such kinds of people to do their work. > > One application of this type is `One Voice’ that is particularly designed > for children who have impairment of speech and it can also help autistic > children. This application uses large tile icons to make sentences which > assist these children to understand the sentences and these children do not > have to make a taxing effort to do so. Another App is AAC (Augmentative and > Alternative Communication) which is quite helpful for those kinds of people > who are suffering from mental disorders. iPad AAC Apps are offering cost > effective accessibility to people who are non-verbal and those kinds of > people who require assistance with complex communication needs. > > Apart from an iPad, the sleek technology of an iPod Touch can now offer just > as good AAC Apps. The deprived children at school will no longer be > requiring a twenty pound textbook sized communication device to say `hello’ > when trying to make friends at school. > > Source: informationmadness.com > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
