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madrobins• I've taken to doing Morning Pages again, as a way to jumpstart non-critical writing flow (by which I mean "flow of writing about which I don't second guess every other word"). So far, so good. I'm not doing them exactly first thing in the morning--have to feed Avocado and get her lunch made, but then I retreat to my room and write three pages, long-hand. Couldn't have done this before the cyst was removed from my wrist.
• I think this is cool. There's an app for iPhones and and the iPod Touch which vocalizes pre-programmed sentences or ideas at the touch of an icon. So (in the case mentioned by the article) an autistic kid who cannot speak has been able to communicate using his Touch. It's also helpful for aphasic stroke victims and other people who have physical or cognitive handicaps that keep them from speaking. Now this is what the future is supposed to be, dammit.
As for the director of Autism Partnership, who is quoted as preferring that autistic children not use gadgets to negotiate the world, well...sure. Why not? And maybe this will be a gateway for some people to learn/relearn to speak themselves. In the meantime, the kid's mother now knows that his favorite restaurant is the Chinese buffet.
• I'm playing guitar again. My fingertips hate me with a Big Hate, but I can still manage the pick on "Rolling in my Sweet Baby's Arms," so there's hope.
• This afternoon I'm going to meet Sarcasm Girl and her sweetie to look at an apartment they've found. Imagine all the emotive punctuation you like.
• I think this is cool. There's an app for iPhones and and the iPod Touch which vocalizes pre-programmed sentences or ideas at the touch of an icon. So (in the case mentioned by the article) an autistic kid who cannot speak has been able to communicate using his Touch. It's also helpful for aphasic stroke victims and other people who have physical or cognitive handicaps that keep them from speaking. Now this is what the future is supposed to be, dammit.
As for the director of Autism Partnership, who is quoted as preferring that autistic children not use gadgets to negotiate the world, well...sure. Why not? And maybe this will be a gateway for some people to learn/relearn to speak themselves. In the meantime, the kid's mother now knows that his favorite restaurant is the Chinese buffet.
• I'm playing guitar again. My fingertips hate me with a Big Hate, but I can still manage the pick on "Rolling in my Sweet Baby's Arms," so there's hope.
• This afternoon I'm going to meet Sarcasm Girl and her sweetie to look at an apartment they've found. Imagine all the emotive punctuation you like.