Using the iPad in Special Education | School Stories. At the Manhattan Children’s Center on the Upper West Side, Christopher, 9, sits at a desk in front of his teacher and an iPad. Diagnosed with autism, Christopher has difficulty communicating. He makes high-pitched sounds, almost like crying, to get his feelings across to his teacher. But today, with the iPad and an application for special education called Proloquo2Go, Christopher may finally have a voice. “What am I doing?” Said Christopher’s teacher, clapping his hands together. Christopher maneuvered his index finger over the iPad screen, swiping from page to page. “Clapping,” said a male mechanical voice from the iPad. “Good job, buddy!” Christopher quickly moved from screen to screen. “Crying,” said the robotic monotone. “For students with autism, one of their biggest deficits is language development,” said Marci Rothenberg, a speech language pathologist at the Manhattan Children’s Center.
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