Well I met with the AT Team at Braydon's school and they brought in three different communicators. We narrowed it down to 2 different ones and will be trying them both out over the next little while. Braydon chose the first one to try and it is called an Advantage Light. I really like this one because of the key grid it has on it. I think Braydon did too! He is able to move his fingers over the keys by holding his other fingers onto the grid. He moves them everywhere and anywhere he wants to. It was a real neat experience to see him so excited. It felt like hearing your baby say his first word for the first time. I hope as time goes on that the overwhelming need to hit as many buttons as he can will die off! Knowing him he is just doing it to annoy his mother! We are trying to use it as much as possible, but it is a little difficult because they won't attach it to his wheelchair until they get him his own. This is similiar in key pictures to the Dynavox he had in Vegas. The differences in this one are that you can see the screen a lot better and the key grid is a lot better and workable for him. We will see how it goes. Soon enough I am sure he will find a way to tell us that he wants a soda and cookie :)
This is all very interesting and sounds like wonderful news. On another note, Jen and myself will be in Denver towards the end of march. We expect a comfortable room, with a tempeture of no higher then 74 and no lower then 72. She requires a bowl of only green M&M's and water bottled straight from the nieghboring Rockies. While I expect breakfast in bed and a TV with a screen no less the 72 inches. Actually we will be staying in a hotel, but look forward to visiting with your family. So pencil us in.
ReplyDeleteTell Braydon... he can do it... I miss that little guy!! Thinking we need to come see you guys. Maybe over the summer ... what do ya think?
ReplyDelete