Although Ian is able to use his voice quite a bit for communication, he's not always easy to understand. And when he began to use his "talker", at the age of 3 1/2, he had lost all words and sounds, except for, uh and laughter, for a year. Since then we have focussed for months on speaking/using one letter at a time with his speech therapist. Simultaneously we worked on teaching him to communicate via his AAC iPad, which we call his "talker". It was not easy. It's like teaching your child Russian while learning it yourself. But clearly, it has paid off. He's been able to truly type for over a year and he's getting better every day. If you think about how much you actually handwrite, it's not much. So he should be able to get by quite well with this skill. Super exciting!
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Typing out his homework.
Although Ian is able to use his voice quite a bit for communication, he's not always easy to understand. And when he began to use his "talker", at the age of 3 1/2, he had lost all words and sounds, except for, uh and laughter, for a year. Since then we have focussed for months on speaking/using one letter at a time with his speech therapist. Simultaneously we worked on teaching him to communicate via his AAC iPad, which we call his "talker". It was not easy. It's like teaching your child Russian while learning it yourself. But clearly, it has paid off. He's been able to truly type for over a year and he's getting better every day. If you think about how much you actually handwrite, it's not much. So he should be able to get by quite well with this skill. Super exciting!
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