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Maya Finds Her Voice

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    [mom off camera] I have some fruit!
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    Yeah? What should we do with the fruit?
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    Oh! Open? Can you say it? Say "open."
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    [Maya} mu mu ma
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    Good girl!!!!!
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    Alright. What are you going to say?
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    You gonna have some breakfast?
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    [device] food
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    Where is?
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    [device] breakfast
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    [Mom] the waffle?
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    Can you show me the waffle?
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    [device] waffle
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    [Mom] Waffle! Are we going to have waffles?
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    Yeah?
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    [device] say waffle
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    [device] milk
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    [Mom] No, we're not going to have milk
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    Say, I want waffle.
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    [device] please
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    [Mom] I want waffle please. What are you trying to say?
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    [device] milk, milk, milk
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    [laughter] [device] milk please
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    Hey, can you show me? Show me where the ball is.
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    Can you say ball?
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    [Maya] Ball! [mom] Ball
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    How about show me where Maya doll is?
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    [singing] Where o' where is Maya's doll?
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    There she is! Are we going to go to the playground?
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    Yeah. Where's the playground? That's right!
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    That's the playground card.
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    [Maya makes utterances]
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    [Mom] I want milk. Please!
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    [Mom] Who do you want to see at the zoo?
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    [Maya] Ah ah
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    [Mom] The ah? Ok, show me in your book.
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    Who do you want to see at the zoo?
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    Let me move you over so this can lean here.
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    Who do you want to see at the zoo?
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    Can you pull it out?
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    Oh, that was a big cough.
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    Ok, let's put him on the front.
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    Who do you want to see at the zoo?
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    [Maya] ah ah
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    [Mom] Ah, alligator?
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    Where do you want to put him on the front?
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    Right next to the zoo?
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    And, that says you want the alligator!
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    [Mom] Good job. Tap it!
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    Tap it, good job!
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    [excitment]
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    [laughter]
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    I know. What animal did we go get yesterday?
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    Do you remember when we drove to Aunt Lisa's
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    and we got a new animal? What new animal did you get?
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    bauu
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    A bunny! Do you see the bunny?
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    Right! [laughter] the bunny's over there! That's right!
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    I do see the bunny. Can you come touch the word for bunny?
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    Mommy's going to touch the word for bunny.
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    Do you see it? Right there? Can you help me?
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    Help me with your pointing finger.
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    Hey, you're holding on to an alligator?
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    You're so sneaky. [whispering] Ok, let's touch it.
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    You need the pointing finger. You say bunny.
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    [device] bunny
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    [mom] Bunny!
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    [Maya utterance]
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    Where to you want to go? Do you want to go back to the animals?
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    Good trying. You did it!
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    [Maya gleeful sounds]
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    [mom] Well, I think that right now...
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    ... right now we're going to do eat...waffle
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    [device] waffle
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    [mom] waffle
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    What do you think?
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    [Maya] ma amma [device] milk
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    [mom] You want milk?
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    [Maya] hu!
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    [mom] Ok, ready?
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    Remember how to say read?
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    [device] read ... book ... please.
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    [teacher] Read the book please? Good asking! Here we go.
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    Maisy go's shopping. Maisy is visiting Charlie today. Hello Charlie!
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    Hello Maisy. It's almost time for lunch.
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    But Charlies fridge is empty.
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    I think that we should go to the
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    Where should we go?
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    [device] grocery store
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    [teacher] Go to the grocery store!
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    Let's see. Let's go shopping!
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    Hurray! The end!
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    [Maya] Maa
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    [device] more book please
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    [teacher] More book please? Oh my goodness!
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    Ok, we can read it again!
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    [device] I want milk please
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    Good asking Maya. Good asking!
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    [device] Time Square
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    [mom] Do you like to go to Time Square?
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    Who would you bring with you to Time Square?
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    [Maya] Daddy
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    [mom] You'd bring daddy?
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    [device] princess store
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    [mom] And you want to go to the princess store with daddy?
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    [Maya] uh
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    [mom] What day do you want to go?
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    [device] Tuesday.
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    [mom] On Tuesday? [Maya] yeah
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    [mom] What time?
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    [device] evening
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    [mom] Tuesday evening? [Maya] yeah
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    [mom] DO you want anyone else to go with you?
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    [device] Julian
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    [mom] You want to bring Julian? [Maya] Yeah
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    [mom] When you're in Time Square and your at the princess store
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    do you think you might also go to a restaurant?
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    [Maya] Yeah
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    [mom] What do you want to eat there?
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    [device] turkey [mom] turkey?
Title:
Maya Finds Her Voice
Description:

This video shows (a simplified version) of my daughter's progression towards communication. Answers to FAQ: The first app that you see is called Proloquo2Go, running on an iPad in the Otterbox Defender case. The communication boards and picture cards for the Word Book were created using BoardMaker software. The final app that you see, the one that we still currently use, is called Speak for Yourself and is running on an iPad in the AMDi iAdapter case (later footage includes the plastic keyguard that helps her not hit other buttons accidentally).

Our whole story doesn't fit in a 10 minute video, we also used sign language, labeled household objects with pictures, used a modified glove before we had a keyguard, and studied the work of many experts in the field of AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) as we went.

We are still a work in progress.

If you are a parent who is trying to figure out how to start the AAC process with your child, check out this link: http://niederfamily.blogspot.com/2013/04/an-open-letter-to-parent-of-child-with.html

For more information about our assistive tech journey, come visit us here: http://niederfamily.blogspot.com/p/our-communicationaac-journey.html

Contact: uncommonfeedback@gmail.com or @UncommonBlogger (twitter)
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
10:20
bpplanning added a translation

English subtitles

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