Augmentative Communication For People With Autism

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

The Challenge

• Fight loneliness.

• Inspire positive interaction

• Curb negative behavior

• Encourage social interaction

• Instill confidence

• Bridge academic participation

• Build language skills

Children with autism suffer from more intense and frequent loneliness compared to non-autistic peers, despite the common belief that children with autism prefer to be alone. About a third to a half of individuals with autism do not develop enough natural speech to meet their daily communication needs. This can result in unique behavior and social patterns used by the individual to communicate wants, needs, likes and dislikes.

The Solution

Software

• Customizable software to meet individual needs.

• Universal software that is well know and familiar to teachers and providers all over the world.

• Ability to support multiple languages.

• Easy to use and implement.

• Preprogrammed content to make getting started easy.

Equipment

• Durable casing

• Rugged commercial grade tablet PC

• Large enough screen to be easily read yet small enough to be portable

• Full windows platform to support secondary educational software on an open devices

• Ability to perform normal task such as email, word processing, etc… on open devices

• Ability to lock out computer functions and make the device a dedicated solution for communication only

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