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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

New app offers modern form of help for nonverbal

New app offers modern form of help for nonverbal: "A team of MSU researchers is working to determine if an app for Apple products that aims to provide nonverbal children and adults with a voice is doing its job well.

Summer Ferreri, an assistant professor of special education, and Sean Strasberger, a doctoral student in special education, are conducting research on Proloquo2Go is, an app in the Apple App Store that can “speak” words, phrases and sentences — something that can be especially helpful for children with autism, Ferreri said.

“It gives them a voice,” she said."

Read more: http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2011/03/new_app_offers_modern_form_of_help_for_nonverbal

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