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AAC Apps for iPad and their Flexibility

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    A lot of the augmentative alternative communication apps available
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    for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are really flexible
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    My son who's 8 and has autism is verbal
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    so he doesn't necessarily need
    an alternative an alternative communication app to help him speak
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    but pulling words from him can be like pulling teeth.
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    He can't answer simple questions like, "who did you see at school today?"
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    To demonstrate the flexibility of one of the apps
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    - the app that you are about to see is called My Talk Mobile.
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    What we've done is we took his class photo here
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    scanned in each of the individual photos into the application so that when I ask him
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    who he saw today you can actually touch one of the children or one of the teachers
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    and can show me. So it kind of reinforces that.
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    Let's see it in action.
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    [son] You touch it right here.
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    [Device] Jedidiah
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    [Son] Jedidiah. He says "Jedidiah".
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    [Dad] You saw him today?
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    [Device] Grace. [Son] Grace.
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    [Dad] Did you see Grace?
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    [Son] Yeah. [Dad] Good.
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    Who else did you see today?
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    [Device] Bryan. [Son] Bryan.
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    [Dad] You saw Bryan today at school?
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    [Device] Lelani. [Son] Lelani.
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    [giggles]
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    [Dad] What about....
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    [Son] Grace. [Dad] Was she at school today?
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    [Son] Yes. [Dad] Oh, nice.
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    [Son] Austin. [Dad] You saw Austin at school today?
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    You did? Are you sure it was Austin?
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    [Son] Yeah. [Device] Mr. Rap.
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    [Son] Mr. Rap. [Dad] He was there?
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    [Son] Yes. [Dad] Nice.
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    What about Isabel? Was she there?
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    [Device] Isabel. [Son] Isabel.
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    [Son] Isabel. [Dad] You saw Isabel at school?
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    Show me who else you saw.
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    [Device] Patrick. [Son] Patrick.
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    [Dad] You saw Patrick today?
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    [Son] Yup. [Dad] Good.
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    [Device] Issiah. [Son] Issiah.
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    [Device] Jesse. [Son] Saw Jesse.
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    [Dad] Good. What about Ms. Teresa. Did you see her today? She's the Principal.
Title:
AAC Apps for iPad and their Flexibility
Description:

To learn more visit AutismEpicenter.com... Demonstration with my own son, who has autism, about how MyTalk Mobile and other augmentative and alternative communication apps can be used for children who CAN speak, but can't necessarily answer questions or carry on a conversation.
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
03:08

English subtitles

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