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iPads and apps have been integrated into special needs classrooms, unlocking the communication barrier with autistic students.
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Whether New York City school where I've hasn't happened than -- rain and the learning that that's.
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PS 176 X -- kids over 700 students with autism and other special needs from preschool.
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Technology has unlocked the communication barrier for these children back this -- Also -- it turns the iPad into.
Speech output -- Several of these kids either non verbal or very early -- verbal.
It gives them ways they can let their wants and needs to be known.
We started integrating the iPad -- the classrooms two years ago and we feel that it is really revolutionizing.
-- work that we do here.
Lessons for the students start with the basic life skills so snack time becomes a learning moment using their snack board on an iPad.
Politically he's done what you need first and think these -- and then you.
-- -- -- -- -- She asked me -- -- -- -- Good job.
He's making verbal Fox -- we understand these things.
But his words are getting much more there as he's listening to the iPad from my homework on I heard that charming.
She she knew that -- I I don't get me.
And he didn't pilot lining me up -- -- room with them you've gotten.
We're on the range of abilities here but they're all things increasing in there ability.
And their willingness just to try to speak ever since they have yet as everybody in the classroom.
-- had also.
Has technology that we use we consisted of machines that did.
Help students with talking they did facilitate.
Speaking but they were very heavy they were very cumbersome.
And they didn't.
Travel as well as the -- death.
It's a very intuitive thing for them to pick up and life easier than a laptop or a desktop is a lot more forgiving with fine motor -- them.
And then yes wiping his -- -- on this.
Each teacher -- glory of Sadr is apt to expand vocabulary reach for obsessed ex students like -- -- Harris.
Who -- says has outgrown his picture book I'm originally used to harmful thought.
Discovered via will be some -- -- Which allows him to -- not only find single warrantless entry sentences.
And work with appropriate grammar and don't think it's all color coded so that he knows where -- -- herbs are always green yet because -- balloon.
And so on his endless options now exactly.
Ron's mom says she -- -- affects access to these apps have had on her side.
He's only be able to make a few sounds and now can structure full sentences.
He's been a lot I know he wants most of the time.
But it's really awful when he's not with me -- -- with other people had to -- it ridiculous and had anything Iran's quantities are that I had definitely enables him to do so.
You can meet and feel the excitement when he has a break we'll actually -- some good as it was like he didn't I didn't being -- Michael how blatant.
-- -- The beginning of the traditions and he's just starting to learn yeah we just have to keep exposing him tell it the technology also benefits other children especially like the multi handicapped.
So imagine an iPad that's on a certain marriage movement that now they can access information we have people emailing.
Doing.
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