tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562567569547870546.post5265164403996203227..comments2024-02-28T03:27:23.419-05:00Comments on How Life Happens: Life and AACKristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13259709507156454270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562567569547870546.post-91689454516007606522013-05-15T11:41:03.914-04:002013-05-15T11:41:03.914-04:00Hi, Susan.
Sure - we would love to be friends. D...Hi, Susan.<br /><br />Sure - we would love to be friends. Do you live near PA by any chance? There are some good support groups here I could invite you to if you are local. I'm thinking you might not be, though, based on your comments.<br /><br />I do know of the Dynavox. We tried it with Emma but their Eyegaze system didn't work so well because Emma's head control wasn't good enough for it. If you want to see it in action go to prayfornathan.org as he uses the eyegaze Dynavox with good results. Emma trialed the Dynavox, the Tobii and the Eco2 before we made our decision. We worked with her school SLP for about 9 months before we made a decision. The Tobii and the Eco2 use the same eye gaze device and it is really forgiving for children with some head control issues. It was a hard decision between the Tobii and Eco2, but Emma made the decision by actually liking the Eco2 better so she used it much more.<br /><br />If you want to trial the Eco2, go to the prc website prentrom.com and call them and ask how you could get someone to come to your house to trial with with Tracy. My experience so far is that they are fabulous to work with.<br /><br />My email is kswhite2 (at) gmail (dot) com. Feel free to email me if you want.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13259709507156454270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562567569547870546.post-27462068969864508052013-05-09T19:12:54.777-04:002013-05-09T19:12:54.777-04:00I still keep going back and forth to this post and...I still keep going back and forth to this post and going to the ECO website to show the therapists what i am talking about. I keep telling them "you know, the Evie, you know what the Evie is right" after a few crazy looks i remember that it i not actually called an "Evie" so i have to go to your blog (hey it must be giving your blog a lot more "hits" on the internet lately), then go to the website to show what i am talking about. Most of the therapists down here have never heard of an EVO2, down here they push something called a Dynovox....reminds me of a dinosaur if you ask me, not something one would want in a computer. I am kind of leaning to just getting an I-pad, but am worried that i would be jipping Tracy of the eye gaze feature....what to do.....what to do? which is why i have not done anything yet! Made rash decisions in the past and also have let therapist push me into a particular thing and got stuck with something that i could not use for years until insurance let us make another choice, don't want to make that mistake again. Tracy will be turning 6 in September, but we homeschool so even though she is just barely "school age" right now we are just doing lots of worksheets (she is global spastic and non-verbal, so she needs much help), we do a lot of reading, listening to books on CDs, and today i was told by the librarian about a WONDERFUL program called "Tumble Books" that is free through the library system and it is a human voice reading books out loud while turning the page on the computer. Always ready to learn more about anything that might help Tracy. Thank you for teaching me about "Evie".<br />P.S. I have tried to make "connections" for Tracy with other children who have disabilities and even tried for many moths to get a support group started. I guess i can understand that everybody is so busy these days and people are so private and afraid of what kind of "kook" might be trying to wriggle their way in, i get that. Tracy does have some non challenged friends, which i greatly encourage for any ability challenged person, but i believe in balance in most areas of life, friends included. So i was wondering, would you mind terribly, or think it totally weird if we asked to be you all to be our friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233222209033046533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562567569547870546.post-5366293742680088572013-05-09T19:04:36.985-04:002013-05-09T19:04:36.985-04:00I still keep going back and forth to this post and...I still keep going back and forth to this post and going to the ECO website to show the therapists what i am talking about. I keep telling them "you know, the Evie, you know what the Evie is right" after a few crazy looks i remember that it i not actually called an "Evie" so i have to go to your blog (hey it must be giving your blog a lot more "hits" on the internet lately), then go to the website to show what i am talking about. Most of the therapists down here have never heard of an EVO2, down here they push something called a Dynovox....reminds me of a dinosaur if you ask me, not something one would want in a computer. I am kind of leaning to just getting an I-pad, but am worried that i would be jipping Tracy of the eye gaze feature....what to do.....what to do? which is why i have not done anything yet! Made rash decisions in the past and also have let therapist push me into a particular thing and got stuck with something that i could not use for years until insurance let us make another choice, don't want to make that mistake again. Tracy will be turning 6 in September, but we homeschool so even though she is just barely "school age" right now we are just doing lots of worksheets (she is global spastic and non-verbal, so she needs much help), we do a lot of reading, listening to books on CDs, and today i was told by the librarian about a WONDERFUL program called "Tumble Books" that is free through the library system and it is a human voice reading books out loud while turning the page on the computer. Always ready to learn more about anything that might help Tracy. Thank you for teaching me about "Evie".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233222209033046533noreply@blogger.com