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Hello.

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Please take a moment
to watch this video

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

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

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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I communicate using a high
tech voice output communication

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device called the
ECO-14, manufactured

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by the Prentke Romich Company.

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This is my primary
means of communication.

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I also use a low tech lap
tray communication board

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as a backup to ensure I always
have a way to communicate.

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In high school I
learn how to use

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a voice helpful
communication device called

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The Liberator, also manufactured
by the Prentke Romich Company.

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But after graduation,
I did not have

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the support I needed to
keep using my Liberator.

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I was unable to use my
communication device,

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and that meant I had
to rely on other people

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to ask me yes and no questions.

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I can answer yes
and no questions

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by opening my eyes to
answer yes and closing

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my eyes to answer no.

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The only other way
I could communicate

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was to use my low
tech communication

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board on my lap tray.

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Because I cannot point
to the pictures myself,

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

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called partner
assisted scanning.

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I will now demonstrate
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
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
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
finished with them.

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Partner assisted
scanning is very

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difficult for people
who don't know

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how to use the board with me.

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It can be frustrating
for me and the people who

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are trying to use my board
to communicate with me.

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After about five years of
being dependent on other people

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to help me communicate, I began
to receive speech therapy.

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

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and now I have the
support I need to keep

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using my communication device.

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

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I cannot use my hands
to point to the device,

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

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my ECO-14.

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

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called "scanning."

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Another obstacle I face
that affects my ability

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to communicate is not being
able to read and spell.

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

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to learn to read as an adult
because I cannot spell out

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my messages.

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I choose pictures
of my ECO-14 that

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represent words and put them
together to make sentences.

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I will show you
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
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
knock-knock jokes.

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Oh, good.

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You know knows plenty
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
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
example of scanning.

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Is there anything else
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
takes some time for me

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to write a sentence.

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I need people to be patient
and wait for me to select

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the words I want to say.

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I understand everything
that is said to me,

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but it takes time
for me to respond.

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

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because I am no longer
dependent on others

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to be able to communicate.

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People can see I am intelligent
and I have important things

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to say.

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Thank you for taking the
time to watch this video.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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