Improving a child’s educational achievement.Reducing a child’s need for long-term health and social care, improving long-term health outcomes.Improving a child’s participation, well-being, confidence and self-esteem, by improving a child’s functioning and opportunities for play and social interaction.Giving children a level of autonomy and self-determination to direct their own care and ambitions.“That’s why we offer a variety of technology, which can include AT devices that are low, medium or high technology.”Īn organization dedicated to educational access, called FutureLearn, attests that Assistive Technology helps many children with disabilities improve or compensate for their impairments. “It is important for us as a service organization to meet each child’s individualized needs, along with the family’s goals for increased independence for their child,” said Sal Garozzo, Executive Director of UCP. Speech tools or Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) are available as various devices, such as Go-Talk, Cheap Talk, Proloquo2Go, tablets or as wearables like speech watches for ease and convenience.” Meeting the individualized needs and goals of both the children and their families “This enables them to take part in their own decision-making. “A child who is non-verbal can use a communication board to point to their needs and express their wishes,” explains Diana Sullivan, Senior Director of Early Intervention and Childhood Programs, Northern Berkshire Early Intervention Program, UCP of Western MA. In an article on “Bridging the Digital Divide for Students with Disabilities,” the National Organization on Disability’s Board Chairman Tom Ridge said, “If students with disabilities are not given the supports they need to learn with technology, then we will effectively be locking them out of the workforce and perpetuating a cycle of unequal treatment.” Examples include communication devices like speech tablets, low vision aids such as magnifiers and braille displays, smart home assistants for monitoring safety, cognitive tools to boost comprehension, computer access devices for learning, iPads and text-to-speech systems using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The agency provides this assistive technology to assist children with mobility, vision, hearing, communication, cognition and behavioral challenges. While there is no deadline to apply, funding is available on a first come, first served basis. UCP provides this vital technology and the funds to purchase these tools for children with special needs in Western MA. I know.UCP of Western MA announced that families who meet established need criteria may now apply to receive funding for assistive technology to help children with disabilities lead more independent lives in school, at home and in their communities.Īssistive technology, often referred to as AT tools, technology, or devices, can help children with physical, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to boost performance of daily living activities. If they can't meet you where you're at, it's going to hurt both of you more if you let this go on. Don't let someone else dictate that for you. My advice - ask for what you want and need. We've met up for lunches and one dinner date where we did have a wonderfully passionate night, but other than that, we have kept it at our friendship level with a TON of sexual tension. We resumed texting once a week, but have kept the texts strictly platonic. Three weeks later, he texted me to check on me. Then, we went NC after he told me the guilt was eating him up inside and he couldn't go on. For the remaining two months of our intense sexual relationship, we texted several times a week. We began texting again, but on a strictly platonic level.that only last ed for a few days. When we crossed over from our long term friendship to becoming APs, we texted every day and night, and that lasted for the first month until he had overwhelming guilt and we took a one week 'break' from each other. My and my (former) AP's situation varied widely, and it was / is 100% driven by his feelings of guilt about what he's doing and fear of getting caught (he's working at home, and kids at home and teacher wife also at home due to COVID).
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