iPhone gives boy with disability a voice
An amazing iPhone app strikes again. This time, instead of organizing shopping lists or providing a fun time killer, this one has enabled one little boy to live a fuller life by giving him a voice. Eight-year-old Andrew has Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a developmental disorder that impacts communication and social interaction. What helps him meet the challenges of his condition is an app called Proloquo2go (launches iTunes), a simple but brilliant program that speaks for little Andrew when he cannot.
The program — which lets users create spoken-word messages by pressing images, words and phrases — isn’t exactly cheap, at $189.99. But considering that other devices with similar features can cost anywhere between $5,000 and $8,000, Proloquo2go is considered an affordable solution, one that has excited the speech language pathology community.
Who could’ve imagined all that our chosen Apple gadget can do for so many?  I’ll try to remember this the next time I get frustrated at my phone for some syncing issue and cut this cool piece of tech some slack.
Via: ABC News
I am the mother of a non-verbal young man who has autism. I have written a blog entry comparing the P2G and iPod touch to the Dynavox V one of those really expensive units mentioned in this article. If you care to read it the link is: http://tinyurl.com/ybpyyf8. My son received his iPod touch just last week in the mail and is now beginning to use it around school and home. And he just LOVES this thing. Anyway great article. Keep it up and God bless you.
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