Thursday, February 20, 2014

Barry, Feb. 20



Jordan Barry
Rough Draft

With all the advances in technology, it is not surprising that no one has been left behind.

Those with disabilities now have access to many new assistive technologies. One of those is an app for phones known as Proloquo2 go.

Cathy Kingeter, vice president of marketing and communications, said the app helps provide a voice for people who are unable to speak. Proloquo2go targets children with autism, people with cerebral palsy, apraxia, ALS, stroke victims or anyone else who are unable to speak.

"Proloquo2go was introduced in 2009, and it has been very, very successful,” Kingeter said. A large population, like I said over 75,000 users, it's won awards as a communication app. It's brought benefit to people around the world."

The app is much less expensive than the traditional devices. Allison Smith said it has changed the life of her twin boys.


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