For about two decades, Typing to Communicate (formerly Facilitated Communication) has given a voice to people with disabilities who may have otherwise been living in silence or isolation.
The technique promotes support for people with disabilities to communicate in schools and/or society and it represents a broadened focus….reflecting lines of research, training and public dissemination that focus on school and community inclusion, narratives of disability and ability, and disability rights.
Who can benefit? Just about anyone who struggles to communicate by the usual means of speaking or writing, including those with Autism, Down Syndrome, CP, etc.
What’s involved? Lots of emotional support and encouragement, physical support as needed, and access to a letter board, keyboard, or choice board. Plus a generous dose of patience, persistence, and practice!
Learn more by attending a special workshop that shows what someone has accomplished using this technique.
Roy Bedward: Communication Makes or Breaks a Life
Roy is a young man in his thirties with autism – an artist, a poet, and now a public “speaker” who types to communicate. While still highly dependent on the adults in his life – and completely nonverbal – he loves to tell HIS story. In Roy’s own words: “Before typing I never used words in my head. It was just a mish-mash of sensation. When I started to use words to think of myself that opened the floodgates of my mind and it has not stopped flowing.”
Date: Monday…October 24, 2011
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Sequoya Branch Public Library
4340 Tokay Blvd.
Madison, WI
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