It cost $250, which we didn’t have, and needed to be on an iPad, which we also couldn’t afford. We wanted Proloquo2go, one of a number of programs that can reproduce words or phrases by selecting from an infinitely customizable menu. Within a few weeks after having it prescribed, we had a plastic box where you could literally cut and paste pieces of paper with words and pictures on it, and then use your voice to record sounds that then my son could press to play out loud.
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We tried a wide variety of devices, but because he had the manual dexterity to operate the simplest one, that’s the one the state would pay for.
What they got was three thousand dollars’ worth of the lowest-tech you could possibly imagine. What they hoped for was a $250 speech app, and an iPad on which to run it.
His speech therapist at the time quickly sent us to a world-class facility to assess the best way for him to use tech to talk. By the time he was three, it was clear he was not going to predominantly use verbal speech, though he was learning to communicate in a wide variety of ways. My son’s most significant needs relate to speech. Technology can provide disabled people with wondrous new tools, but only - as with so many kinds of innovation - when they are married to systems that take into account our complex and varied humanity From the moment he was born, well-informed experts, well-intentioned fellow parents, and a whole universe of marketing suggested that technology would provide answers to many of the problems we’d end up facing He is also an autistic boy with Down syndrome. The piece highlights the gap between what will most benefit kids with special needs, and what healthcare and education programs are willing to pay for …ĭavid Perry tells the story of his son in a piece in The Verge. **Note that this is an older version of the QuickTalker Freestyle see vendor for details.** Please see keywords: speech generating device, AAC, aug comm, ablenet, ipad, TouchChat.The father of an autistic child with Down syndrome has said that an iPad with a speech app has made more difference to his son’s life than the far more expensive dedicated device offered under state programs. The QuickTalker Freestyle is a dedicated Speech Generating Device (SGD) that is covered by insurance/Medicaid. All of these apps are also loaded on our regular iPads (not covered by insurance/Medicaid). The QuickTalker Freestyle is loaded with TouchChat, LAMP, Proloquo2Go, and Speak4Yourself. This device DOES NOT COME PRE-LOADED WITH NORMAL MONTECH IPAD APPS. Unlike other SGDs available today, QuickTalker Freestyle provides greater customization by harnessing the power of the iPad and providing the opportunity to prescribe nearly any augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app to best meet the needs of the patient. The QuickTalker Freestyle is a flexible, dynamic display speech generating device (SGD) with the critical options necessary for speech-language pathologists to better meet the unique needs of their clients with communication disabilities.
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