The iPad is really intriguing. Technology is helping me find
a place in the world. I have been liberated by my letter board which first gave
me a voice. Though I have never been moved or touched when I use it, because someone
else holds the letter board up, some people call it facilitation. This bugs me because
it is so obvious I communicate myself that it takes bias to cast doubt. But
that is the reality of being a non-verbal communicator.
The old keyboard I had
was tough to use. The voice was robotic and the screen small. In more than a
year I still resisted it because it was cumbersome. My iPad is working out
better. No one holds it. It is propped on a table. No one touches my arm, as
always, and the voice is more human. The transition is hard, but I’ll do it.
