iPad being a Speech Aid for Children

Believe it or not the iPad has come to great use for children with speech and communication problems. A young girl name Caleigh Gray has a problem with answering a simple yes or no question. This is because she has cerebral palsy. There's now an application on the iPad that cost $190, that speaks words with the picture she touches. The software is called Proloquo2Go and they make a number of different apps for people with speech dificulties. This software is developed for only Apple Gadgets. Some gadgets have a picture you can tap and it will say the sound of the word or other students lead them through stories to teaach them basic patterns. Proloquo2Go are also planning on making apps for the Google's Android software.This software on the iPad is also helps remove some social stigma. A school psychologists from California has made several apps to aid children with their speech problems.Speech devices from companies like DynaVox and Prentke Romich range from $2,500-$15,000 for a device that uses eye movement of people who are paralyzed to allow them to select words on a screen. The Cheif Executive of DynaVox said that the iPad is just a alternative as a small segment of people who buy his devices. He has a new devicce coming out next month costing $7,820. Russel Cross a director of clinical apps for Prentke Romich says that his business as a mainstream hasn't suffered because of the new app on iPad, but the need for a speech devices are far more needed than the supply he said the problem is economy sales.
This ties into government because it shows how far children with disabilities have come to grow into the modern world of technology.