Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Recently, one of my patients, who I?ll call Nima, told me about the app for the iPhone and iPad called Proloquo2go. It?s a fascinating little bit of software designed for people who have trouble with verbal communication ? such as stroke patients, or, in the case of Nima?s daughter, those who have autism. It works like this: The user points at little pictographs that represent various words ? a pictograph represents ?I,? another for ?want? and then a glass filled with white liquid might stand for ?milk.? Then the program speaks the words out loud. In this way, Proloquo2go allows Nima?s daughter to communicate a drink preference in a restaurant ? or any number of other desires. Nima says it?s been a godsend for her family, and a recent 60 Minutes feature on the software indicates other families feel the same way.
?This is the first thing that?s helped,? Nima says. ?Before, my daughter had trouble communicating with her family. Now, we?re getting to the point that she?s able to communicate with anyone. Her world is wide open.?
http://life.nationalpost.com/2011/1...l-apps-are-changing-diagnoses-and-treatments/
?This is the first thing that?s helped,? Nima says. ?Before, my daughter had trouble communicating with her family. Now, we?re getting to the point that she?s able to communicate with anyone. Her world is wide open.?
http://life.nationalpost.com/2011/1...l-apps-are-changing-diagnoses-and-treatments/