Girl, 12, learns to talk through technology

[Bonny]

Sometimes you wonder about modern technology but in the case it opens the world to Tobynn. Our youngest son has mild cerebral palsy. They told us he would not be able to do a lot of things. Well they were wrong. He can do things like everyone else, sometimes with the help of devices just like Tobynn. Can you imgaine that.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

That's awesome!

My 3 year old, Nathan, is very speech delayed. He actually just started saying his first couple words a few weeks ago. He can communicate pretty well with us through sign language though. He's had speech therapy and he goes to a special preschool for speech delayed kids. In his class there are 10 kids, 8 of them do talk, but they're behind where they should be. Nathan and one other boy are the only two that are/were considered "Non-verbal". Just in the past couple of weeks Nathan has started saying a handful of words (mommy, daddy, water, horsey, & zebra). It'll be awhile before he's caught up to the other kids his age, but we are so hopeful now that he's able to say a few words. Anyway, the county is supplying Nathan's classroom with some kind of special computer to help Nathan and the other non-verbal boy communicate. I haven't seen it yet, it's supposed to be ready for him when school starts back in August.