tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post8716318696829720491..comments2024-02-02T03:32:36.204-07:00Comments on SQUIDALICIOUS: How to Get Your Kid With Autism That Wonderful iPadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-28146858785616041092012-01-12T09:30:27.449-08:002012-01-12T09:30:27.449-08:00If my child has a special need during school and r...If my child has a special need during school and requires a communication device... then they would need the communication device for weekends, evenings and summers! Why ask my school district to provide something that I should obtain for their use in every setting? We need insurance companies to change their thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-73340717948911200502011-07-17T17:30:42.043-07:002011-07-17T17:30:42.043-07:00"Unwritten rule" for those that write th..."Unwritten rule" for those that write the IEP's... NEVER EVER write a specific device (brand/model) into the IEP. You'll see AAC or other generic terms, never iPad or Dynovox etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-38517920581318085492011-04-30T19:13:58.944-07:002011-04-30T19:13:58.944-07:00Heres a question for someone with a background in ...Heres a question for someone with a background in law. Doesn't the assitive technology act of 1998 state that if an assistive communication device is written into a childs IEP that the school district must provide it? If it is proscribed as a necessary communication device from a therapist or other medical professional, how could they deny providing one?Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128343761833172257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-64857711106155582492011-04-06T07:25:47.995-07:002011-04-06T07:25:47.995-07:00I'm a school-based OT in Arkansas with 15 year...I'm a school-based OT in Arkansas with 15 years of experience behind me. I have been a part of numerous adaptive communication evaluations with numerous sources of funding. I also think the iPad has been the biggest game changer in my practice since I graduated. Our school district of twenty-nine schools bought 1 for every SPED teacher, SLP, PT, and OT. The beauty of the device is the appliance nature-it becomes whatever the app is designed to be. However, the 'home' button is the roadblock we are running into. <br />All Dynavox's run on top of Windows XP. However, insurance companies will not pay for a computer so Dynavox 'locks' access to XP preventing the family from running it as a computer. Last year Dynavox would unlock Windows XP for $75 from the family. Don't know if the fee has changed in past 4 months. <br />As long as the home button can't be disabled by an app the insurance companies are going to see it as a great communication device that scales incredibly well-that mom and dad are going to use to update their Facebook status. <br />Apple has a feedback mechanism on their website. I urge everyone to go there and suggest they implement an API to 'approved' vendors to add this functionality. I'd they did they'd sell thousands more and the gesture to the disabled community would be priceless in the PR world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-38951601843165147352011-02-18T17:03:59.958-08:002011-02-18T17:03:59.958-08:00I love your blog!! Every time I come on you have t...I love your blog!! Every time I come on you have the great things! I too cannot afford an I Pad at this time but would love to get one for my daughter. My parents and in laws are seniors on fixed incomes so I hate to ask them for money. I am going to fill out an application! <br />Thanks so much.<br />CarolynCoolmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948777571402450918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-53123343432320493062010-12-20T20:39:45.368-08:002010-12-20T20:39:45.368-08:00I just found this. We really want to get an iPad ...I just found this. We really want to get an iPad for our son, but were just denied through a local organization that helps with assistive technology. I'm definitely going to look into that online fundraising idea. Thanks!Accidental Experthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076925529372019604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-85489155181876967082010-11-27T12:00:09.339-08:002010-11-27T12:00:09.339-08:00You can get a dozen iPads (starting at $500) for t...You can get a dozen iPads (starting at $500) for the cost of one Dynavox ($6600 - $7600). So you'd think the SDs would be on it! And many private schools are, either on their own or through private fundraising (Leo's school has one in every room, thanks to one student's family foundation).<br /><br />The issues I've seen with public school districts (and insurance, and Regional Centers in California, and other public agencies that provide our kids with services) is that the iPad isn't a dedicated device like the Dynavox -- so it gets disqualified. <br /><br />I would love someone to tell me that I'm wrong, and that the dedicated-device bias is fading!Shannon Des Roches Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057806553670980068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-54052263452414952042010-11-27T11:10:03.788-08:002010-11-27T11:10:03.788-08:00This is excellent (and inspiring!) advice! We firs...This is excellent (and inspiring!) advice! We first got our hands on an iPad and Proloquo2Go because Max's school was trialing them, so we were lucky that we got to try before we buy, which we did and then we lived happily ever after. <br /><br />I am wondering if anyone out there has had any success getting their school district to buy their kid an iPad? They would actually be saving major bucks it a Dynavox is the other options because, if I correctly recall, it costs twice as much as an iPad. AEllen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.com