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JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT.. BUT
EXPERTS SAY THEY ARE POWERFUL
THERAPY TOOLS FOR CHILDREN
WITH AUTISM.TODAY, ONE
CLASSROOM WAS PRESENTED 5 NEW
IPADS BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
WHO HAVE SEEN THE BENEFITS
FIRST HAND. NEWS 18'S HOLLY
CAMPBELL HAS MORE.#@NATS: KIDS
TALKINGHOLLY: YOU MIGHT NOT
EXPECT AN IPAD CAN HELP
CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH
AUTISM.. BUT CORNERSTONE
AUTISM CENTER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR DAVID IDE SAYS IT'S A
POWERFUL TOOL.IDE: "AN IPAD IS
RELATIVELY PREDICTABLE.
THERE'S A PATTERN TO IT.
THERE'S A COMFORT ABOUT IT
THAT DOESN'T GIVE THEM
SURPRISES SO TO SPEAK, SO THEY
NATURALLY KIND OF GRAVITATE TO
IT."HOLLY: FOR SOME CHILDREN
DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM.. VERBAL
COMMUNICATION MAY BE
DIFFICULT.. BUT IDE SAYS IPADS
HELP BREAK THROUGH THAT WALL.
IDE: "THE MOST IMPACTFUL ARE
THOSE APPLICATIONS
SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED TO
BREAK THROUGH THOSE DEFICIETS
OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, SO
WHETHER THAT'S COMMUNICATION.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED. AUGMENTATIVE
COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS,
ONE IN PARTICULAR DEVELOPED
RIGHT HERE AT PURDUE
UNIVERSITY."HOLLY: IT WORKS BY
ALLOWING CHILDREN TO CLICK ON
ITEMS OR ACTIONS THEY WANT OR
NEED. CORNERSTONE DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR AND MOTHER OF TWO
CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH
AUTISM.. NATALEE MACE.. KNOWS
THE BENEFITS OF USING IPADS TO
COMMUNICATE FIRST HAND. MACE
SAYS WITHIN 48 HOURS OF HAVING
AN IPAD HER SON MADE A MAJOR
BREAKTHROUGH.MACE: "HE WAS
ABLE TO COMMUNICATE FOR THE
FIRST TIME HIS WANTS AND NEEDS
ON THAT. I WAS ABLE TO KNOW
WHAT HE WANTED FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND IT MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN HIS QUALITY OF
LIFE AND DECREASED
FRUSTRATIONS."HOLLY: AND FOR
THAT REASON CORNERSTONE AUTISM
CENTER AND THE BAUER COMMUNITY
CENTER TEAMED UP TO GIVE 5
IPADS TO CHILDREN IN THE HEAD
START PROGRAM AT DAYTON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FUNDRAISERS
HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR ALLOWED
CORNERSTONE TO PURCHASE THE
IPADS AND WITH THE HELP OF THE
BAUER COMMUNITY CENTER.. 5
CHILDREN WITH AUTISM WILL NOW
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE
IPADS FOR THERAPY. KOLOUCH:
"THE TRUE GOAL, OF COURSE, IS
TO ASSIST CHILDREN WHO HAVE
PARTICULAR NEEDS THAT THEY CAN
BE MET MORE SPECIFICALLY AND
PERHAPS ENHANCE THEIR GROWTH
AT A GREATER PACE WITH THE USE
OF THE IPAD APPLICATIONS."
MACE: "CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR OF
ALL THE SUCCESS STORIES OF
THESE CHILDREN THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO USE THE IPAD FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND PUT SMILES ON
THEIR FACES."HOLLY: THE
CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO USE
THE IPADS IN THE CLASSROOM AS
WELL AS AT HOME. HOLLY
CAMPBELL, NEWS 18. @#