makes me faster, when can I have one?” Now David uses his ECO2 and ECO point to access the curriculum, study for his GCSE, order food and communicate while he is in restaurants and argue with his brother. You name it, David can communicate it! David will now use his ECO2 to speak in complete sentences with correct syntax. It has increased the number of words he uses meaningfully and comment socially using the language of his peers, thereby becoming a confident and competent communicator.
David has recently been working on idioms with his SLT, his latest being "Mum has got a lot on her plate!" David is also an advocate to other students who use AAC and shows them how easy it is to communicate using the AC method. He controls his PlayStation with a bespoke switch system, drives his electric wheelchair with head switches and uses the ECOpoint Eye Gaze system to communicate, access the computer to check on how the Chelsea football team is 10th - - doing and send and receive text messages. When he is at home he also plays MP3 on his ECO2 from morning till night. David has recently been selected to travel to Brazil to work with the Olympic opening ceremony team as part of the Remix Drama Group.
e. Why is technology important according to David? f. Name the instrument which David control with his eye movements.
g. What devices help David to move from one place to other? INDIAN INNOVATIONS Lechal Shoes by Krispian Lawrence: This GPS & Blutooth- enabled shoes help the disabled navigate streets, based on instructions from map software on smartphone. The App also records route and counts steps.
Blee Watch by industrial designers Nupura Kirloskar and Janhavi Joshi of Mumbai. This Smart watch for the hearing impaired converts soundwaves into vibrations and colour codes to alert users to emergency sounds, and ringing doorbells. It even helps them feel the rhythm of music. IGEST by Anil Prabhakar, IIT-M professor and co-founder of enability technologies: This wearable device tracks gestures of speech-impaired people and speaks