Technology for chronically ill kids earns nod from President Obama

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  Lord Antony

  01/06/10 | Report as spam

  Good idea!

  Rather simple, but effective, I think.
  The only hope, that children will not cheat.

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  susanhemlepp@...

  01/19/10 | Report as spam

  RE: Technology for chronically ill kids earns nod from President Obama

  actually, if an autistic child wasn' exposed to a typical school environment, where they learn the majority of these bad habits(if they have a devoted homechool teacher) they probably wouldn't pick this up
  I have two autistic grandchildren, one who has been on the computer since she was 2 but could only say "want milk" when she started headstart. they lost her 3 times so her mom quit working as an RN to homeschool. she's involved in many things and is very happy and well disciplined, as well as working at grade level although she still has communication issues(typical for autistic people). she sings solos in church andhas perfect pitch(she's 9 yeares old and has been raised to behave but doessn't know to be nervous. she also has cp. my gs is 5 and is considered nonverbal although he is attending better and ia saying all kinds of phrases. he's also singing. he most recentally started on a touch screen and he just took off on the reader rabbit programs. in his testing he was under 2 yo when turned 5,but he's using a touch screen? without "technology" who knows where they would be? you can't really get an appropiate grade or age level testing them because the tests are for more typical children.
  sorry to get on my soapbox, but even with several therapists frequenting their home weekly. and without their parents coming up with the money, where would they be? at least they could be trainable as adults for a job and not left back in the 20th century with no chance at supporting themselves.