iPads and Communication in Action !

Last post I discussed an assistive technology device called an iPad. This post I want to share with you some motivational videos that I've found in regards to communication, technology, and special education. These videos put everything that we have been discussing into context in perspective. Check them out.

Teacher Perspective:

One teacher discusses the benefits of having iPad's in the classroom. 

"The kids get so involved, they don't really realize they are learning. They are just doing. Because everything is an easy process, there are no roadblocks for them."

"How limitless it is..."

Parent & Student Perspectives: 

This video shows just how grateful parents and students are for tablet computers as a means of assistive technology to communicate. 

"What had been bottled up inside him, had begun pouring out."

"Communication is the essence of being human, and here he is communicating fully now."

This video is about a girl named Carly with Autism. Augmentive Alternative Communication (AAC) changed her life and open new opportunities for her and her family. Carly now has her own blog and twitter which I am definitely going to be checking out this week.

Dad: "And if your not getting results with one approach, you try something else."

         "We never gave up. We never gave up."

Carly: "I am autistic but thats not who I am."