We were on the porch the other day. I was busy cleaning the
turtles' tank and Martin was playing water with Grace. Grace started fussing a
bit with him and then started hitting her Communication Book. I stepped in to
help with the navigation of the communication book. While
touching keywords on her communication book, I said to Grace, "Grace, I have something to
say. It [looks] like you want to change [more to say] your [activity]. "I
see you want to do a different activity. [outside activity] [not] [water
play]... You don't want water play anymore..." Then Grace reached out and
hit the book. Her index finger was closest to [ball]. And I swear Grace looked
over to the side where a white ball was laying on the ground next to her
wheelchair. "You want to play ball with Martin.” Grace then patted her chest,
which means "yes or please." I picked up the ball and gave it to her
and Martin joined her play. She was happy. And I was thrilled. I believe Grace
knows her communication book is meaningful and gets her what she wants, when
she wants it, where she wants it.
BTW: The words in brackets are the keywords I touched as I navigated Grace's Communication Book. I found, this is an easy way to indicate words in her Communication Book when writing
BTW: The words in brackets are the keywords I touched as I navigated Grace's Communication Book. I found, this is an easy way to indicate words in her Communication Book when writing
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