The weather is so much better, a hint of Spring lingered in the air as we strolled along the Swan River. The sun was warm with a slight breeze and the promise of warmer weather to come.
The morning was busy with Merv's speech pathologist arriving early at our door. A confident, friendly lady who showed us how the communication app, Proloquo2Go can work for Merv on our ipad. When asked what type of drink Merv would like, he answered; a beer! A sentence was added to the program; 'Get me a beer please Pamela,' and a picture of a tankard of beer was added! A tap of a finger tip on the picture of the beer tankard and the sentence is spoken aloud. A perfect question for beer swilling Merv. Needless to say Merv would have less than 6 beers in any one year!
We hope to have the communication app on our ipad in a couple of weeks after funding is approved. Only three years ago we couldn't, no matter how hard we tried, stop Merv from talking. He talked non-stop to anyone who would listen. His conversation these days consists of a few words and rarely whole sentences. Thank goodness for the ipad and apps!
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