Posted in Parenting, disabilities, education, family, kids, life, tagged assistive technology, autism, chatbox, PDD-NOS, ted on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Kibbles
Ted finally got his very own Chatbox 40! We started off with just 24 symbols for now.
At first, he just kept pressing ‘pizza’ over and over. But after one session with his speech therapist, he got back into the swing of things. His therapy sessions, he used it effectively to communicate [...]
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Talk To Me Technologies
My son’s Chatbox 40 XT was ordered! Not only is Talk to Me Technologies getting us the Chatbox, we are also getting our own copy of Boardmaker, we are getting a laminating machine, too! We will be able to use everything right away!
The trial period was great, and this is the perfect [...]
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Posted in Parenting, disabilities, family, kids, life, links, tagged autism, PDD-NOS, disability, Parenting on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Parents are autism’s hidden victims
Children have autism, but parents are often invisible casualties. Their child’s disorder ricochets through their lives, breaking up marriages, draining bank accounts and robbing them of sleep. University of Washington researchers found these parents, among all with disabled children, suffer the highest levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, and parenting stress.
I [...]
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Posted in brooklyn, disabilities, kids, photos, tagged brooklyn, family, PDD-NOS, photos, scooter, ted on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
teddyOriginally uploaded by Kibbles
We just bought Teddy a new scooter, here in Iowa. This was taken in Brooklyn, years ago. He’s not using it much here, and I am not sure of the date this photo was taken. That’s kind of important because there was a date where he was a bit more [...]
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I just got a letter from the insurance company.
Actually, Ted did.
This letter stated that he was approved for durable medical equipment: SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE
It is to let him know that a nurse will be calling him, to see how he is feeling and answer any questions he has about the device.
The thought of Ted having [...]
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So, Ted came home from respite yesterday, with his chatbox.
“McDonalds. McDonalds. McDonalds,” he pressed, over and over.
“Didn’t you already go to McDonalds?” I asked, spying his cup.
“McDonalds. McDonalds. McDonalds,” was all I got in reply.
I took it away from him, and he fussed. I switched a card to one with activities he liked, and are [...]
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Saltillo Corporation :: products
My youngest son got a voice today. So far he likes pressing the buttons, but we hope soon, he’ll be using it for so much more. With a maximum of 400 words, this will make great strides in his ability to communicate with the world around him.
For so long, he’s been able [...]
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Posted in commentary, disabilities, education, family, kids, life, tagged autism, disabilities, PDD-NOS, ted on November 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Link: Growing Up With Autism - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com.
Autism strikes in childhood, but as thousands of families like the Boronats have learned—and thousands more are destined to learn—autism is not simply a childhood disorder. Two decades into the surge of diagnoses that has made autism a major public health issue, a generation of teenagers [...]
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