#Exit proloquo software#
In 2009, Sennott and Adam Bowker published a paper in Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication titled "Autism, AAC and Proloquo2Go." The article discussed the software in light of best practices in AAC for individuals with autism. His primary goal was to provide "an affordable, powerful and cool system that is easy to acquire."
#Exit proloquo for mac#
Two years later, the final version of the software, Proloquo2Go (the "2" in the name referred to it being a sequel to a program that had been developed for Mac computers) was released. Yet, it took much collaboration and teamwork to make the dream a reality." Through a partnership with AssistiveWare, a company based in the Netherlands that specializes in software solutions for people with disabilities, Sennott c0-developed a prototype of an AAC system on an iPhone. "It came as a flash," he recalled, "realizing the potential when the iPhone first came out.
#Exit proloquo portable#
So he developed vocabulary for communication software that could run on a small, inexpensive portable touchscreen computer - the iPod touch and iPhone - and now, the iPad. He became deeply aware, he says, that the needs of people with communication difficulties were not being adequately met by the available solutions. Samuel Sennott, a graduate student at Penn State University, began working with people with disabilities at age 19 when he volunteered at The Respite Center in Hopkinton, Mass. With the online world as integrated into life as it is these days, this limitation has become positively absurd.
The user can run only the communication software on the device.
:) Thanks for posting, it really caught my eye.And for a young child (or even an adult), they can be stigmatizing - most of them lack any sort of "cool factor." They scream, "I'm different." What's more, insurance won't pay for a device that's "open" - one that connects to the Internet for browsing and e-mail or runs other applications, even a word processor. So I guess we are in the same boat as you! I hope you find something that suits your needs and just know there are more of us out there searching for answers too. Below is what the default yes/no symbols look like on Proloquo2Go. I've started to at least try to be consistent with the symbols on the communication systems that the kids will be using, or are using. But nothing has really stuck as a consistent, concrete, yes/no. And green is used a bit in the "real world" to indicate types of "yes". The green/red colors are at least consistently used throughout our program and our classrooms, for stop/go, yes/no, ready/not ready, time for/all done, and to represent the general idea of positive/negative.
For "yes", we had tried the green checkmark with a smiley face symbol. to represent some kind of protest, whether it be something along the lines of "don't touch this", "don't go here", etc. the reason being all these abstract symbols are used in the real world, on various signs, packaging, etc. For "no", we've tried the big red X, a stop sign (with the word "stop" removed and "no" in its place), and the red circle with a diagonal line through the middle. Hi! I am actually really relieved to hear that someone is struggling with the same issue that we are. I work in an Early Childhood Special Ed preschool and have several students needing either PECS or more advanced dynamic systems (eye gaze, Proloquo) for augmentative/alternative communication needs.
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