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Hello.

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Please take a moment[br]to watch this video

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and learn about the technologies[br]I use that help me communicate.

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I promise I will only take[br]a few minutes of your time.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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I communicate using a high[br]tech voice output communication

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device called the[br]ECO-14, manufactured

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by the Prentke Romich Company.

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This is my primary[br]means of communication.

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I also use a low tech lap[br]tray communication board

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as a backup to ensure I always[br]have a way to communicate.

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In high school I[br]learn how to use

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a voice helpful[br]communication device called

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The Liberator, also manufactured[br]by the Prentke Romich Company.

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But after graduation,[br]I did not have

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the support I needed to[br]keep using my Liberator.

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I was unable to use my[br]communication device,

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and that meant I had[br]to rely on other people

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to ask me yes and no questions.

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I can answer yes[br]and no questions

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by opening my eyes to[br]answer yes and closing

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my eyes to answer no.

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The only other way[br]I could communicate

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was to use my low[br]tech communication

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board on my lap tray.

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Because I cannot point[br]to the pictures myself,

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I must rely on other people to[br]help me using an access method

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called partner[br]assisted scanning.

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I will now demonstrate[br]partner assisted scanning.

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You.

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Me.

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Finished.

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Bathroom.

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You need to use the bathroom?

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No?

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Am I finished going[br]to the bathroom?

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Am I finished with the bathroom?

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In my house?

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Oh, you're asking, am I finished[br]with the bathrooms in my house?

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Oh, my gosh, yes.

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We're finished.

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It's a story.

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It was-- it was a story.

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But yes, we are[br]finished with them.

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Partner assisted[br]scanning is very

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difficult for people[br]who don't know

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how to use the board with me.

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It can be frustrating[br]for me and the people who

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are trying to use my board[br]to communicate with me.

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After about five years of[br]being dependent on other people

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to help me communicate, I began[br]to receive speech therapy.

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Through speech therapy, I[br]learned to use the ECO-14,

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and now I have the[br]support I need to keep

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using my communication device.

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I am now able to communicate[br]independently using my ECO-14.

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I cannot use my hands[br]to point to the device,

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so I must use a switch[br]positioned at my head to access

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my ECO-14.

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I use my switch to make choices[br]through a method of selection

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called "scanning."

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Another obstacle I face[br]that affects my ability

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to communicate is not being[br]able to read and spell.

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I was not taught to read as[br]a child so now I am trying

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to learn to read as an adult[br]because I cannot spell out

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my messages.

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I choose pictures[br]of my ECO-14 that

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represent words and put them[br]together to make sentences.

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I will show you[br]how I do this now.

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Want to hear a knock-knock joke?

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Yes, I would love to[br]hear a knock-knock joke.

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Knock-knock.

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Knock-knock.

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Who's there?

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Nose.

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Nose who?

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I knows plenty more[br]knock-knock jokes.

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Oh, good.

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You know knows plenty[br]more knock-knock jokes.

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Tell me one more.

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Knock-knock.

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Who's there?

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Pencil.

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Pencil who?

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Your pants will fall down[br]when you wear them so low.

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[LAUGHING]

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That's great.

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All right, that was awesome.

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That was a good one.

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Good, good.

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OK.

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That was a good[br]example of scanning.

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Is there anything else[br]you wanted to say?

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I love my ECO-14.

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I love my ECO-14.

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As you can see, it[br]takes some time for me

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to write a sentence.

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I need people to be patient[br]and wait for me to select

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the words I want to say.

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I understand everything[br]that is said to me,

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but it takes time[br]for me to respond.

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The ECO-14 has made a[br]big change in my life

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because I am no longer[br]dependent on others

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to be able to communicate.

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People can see I am intelligent[br]and I have important things

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to say.

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Thank you for taking the[br]time to watch this video.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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