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Creating an AAC Communication Game-plan
“What you want is a real talisman, a magic something you think I conjured up to coax Temple into joining life, as you hope your child will. There was no magic; there was just doing the best I could. That’s the point; that’s the talisman.” Eustacia Cutler, A Thorn in My Pocket I am grateful…
Could Apple Revolutionize Special Education?
Let’s take just one stakeholder example: students with disabilities, as well as their teachers and parents. Autism advocate and software developer Russ Ewell from the Hope Technology Group is excited. “Apple could unlock another door for autism with this breakthrough,” Ewell said. “Parents could create social story books.” So could special education teachers or therapists,…
The Tyranny of Routine
The lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you’re writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don’t have to do it over. Gary Oldman, Esquire Magazine, What I’ve Learned, December 16, 2011 Technology is not…
Education + Technology = Hope
A child miseducated is a child lost John F. Kennedy A significant number of social and economic maladies afflicting every country can be attributed to a lack of education. Nearly every negative social and economic statistic would decline, if we were more effective in educating our populations. Education is powerful, it changes lives. The education…Quick Talk: The Autism Communication Experiment
Eric Ries is releasing a new book called “The Lean Startup”. He was interviewed by Adam Penenberg of Fast Company. You can find the interview here. The article initially left me underwhelmed, but then it turned to the subject of breaking rules and taking risks. Its funny but at IMVU we thought we were releasing something buggy…Autism Burnout: Connecting The Dots (Part 2)
Let’s Talk Autism Burnout was part 1 of this series. In that post, I tried to frame the challenge of autism. My purpose was to draw clear battle lines, so we wouldn’t make the mistake of fighting pain rather than finding purpose. Autism is hard, and can consume our lives, if we don’t figure…Let’s Talk Autism Burnout (Part 1)
This blog was born out of my desire to apply technology to the task of overcoming human limits. The limits in mind were intellectual disabilities, especially autism. The first stage in the unfolding of this dream will soon be launched, in the form of a communication app for non-verbal children with autism. We call it…Hacking Autism: What It Means To Me
Discovery News published “Treating Autism: There’s An App For That” on Monday, August 15. It talks about the power and potential of touch technology to help people with autism. It also mentions Hope Technology School, which is familiar to anyone who visits this blog or follows me on Twitter or Google+. The most exciting thing…