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Lucy gets a communication
aid
THE END
Illustrated by Nazifa Khatun
Identifying Appropriate Symbol Communication aids for children who are non speaking: enhancing clinical decision making. NIHR HS&DR Project 14/70/153
Identifying Appropriate Symbol Communication aids for children who are non speaking: enhancing clinical decision making. NIHR HS&DR Project 14/70/153
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Lucy loves watching basketball
on TV. basketball
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Her little brother Ryan loves
baking. He is so annoying.
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Lucy and Ryan go to school together on the bus. Lucy
used to hate going to school because
everyone else could speak.
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One day, Lucy’s Mum took her to a clinic to see Aisha
and Stuart.
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Stuart said that there were lots of different
communication aids and asked if Lucy would like to try
some.
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First she tried an Alltalker. It had a lovely pink cover and it was smart like Ryan’s tablet
computer.
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But the pictures were squiggly, she could not find the one she wanted.
The Alltalker wasn’t right!
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Then she tried a LetsChat. It had a cool voice and
she could control a computer.
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But it was really big and heavy! The
LetsChat wasn’t right, it was too
heavy!
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Then she tried a LOCA-VOCA. This
one was really small and neat. She could
wear it on a strap and use it when she watched basketball
on TV.
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But when Lucy tried to pick the
picture she wanted, she kept pressing other pictures by mistake, it was
really annoying.The LOCA-VOCA wasn’t
right, it was too fiddly!
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Then Lucy tried the Taptalk. It had the same pictures as
her communication board and it was easy to find her
favourite TV programmes. She really liked this one!
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Lucy asked Aisha if it came with a
pink cover like the Alltalker. Aisha said it didn’t but
that Lucy could put some pink stickers
on her talker when it arrives. The Taptalk
was just right!
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Lucy thought it would never happen, but
eventually her Taptalk arrived.
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Lucy couldn’t wait to get to school to tell them about the basketball match. Lucy loves using
her Taptalk and now Ryan can’t boss her
about anymore!