How tablets helped unlock one girl's voice
You Have Received 1 New Voicemail Message from Steve Winwood by ssoosay
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
(CNN) -- Carly Fleischmann lived most of her childhood trapped in a body that could not communicate clearly with the outside world. She couldn't speak and had few fine motor skills. She'd been diagnosed with severe autism at age 2. Even with the progress that has been made with therapy techniques and medication, Fleischmann was still a mystery to her own family. Who was she? What would her voice be like if she could speak? These were all questions that would go unanswered until Fleischmann began to type. One day, during a session with one of her therapists, Fleischmann began to feel sick. Unable to speak to convey her condition, Fleischmann went out on a limb and took the keyboard. She typed "Help teeth hurt." This would be the breakthrough that eventually allowed Fleischmann to communicate with the outside world.
Keywords:
autism John Kerry Temple Grandin mobile device fine motor skills her brother Facebook technology even worse desktop computer Ellen DeGeneres pop culture bank account Larry King phone calls social skills anxious dialer therapists typing disabled thoughts never before communication DynaVox freezes pockets smartphones amaze much more socialize cracked teenager relaxing Twitter addicts speakerphone blogging laptop birthday outside world UCLA bright mystery bachelor celebrities detailing Arthur shoes assistantPeople:
Arthur Fleischmann
Overall Sentiment: 0.0612909
Relevance: 0.94839
| Sentiment | Quote |
|---|---|
| -0.476614 | "She finds typing extremely frustrating," said her father, Arthur Fleischmann. |
| -0.238261 | "She finds typing extremely frustrating," said her father, Arthur Fleischmann. "She wants a voice more than anything else. In her case, it's even worse, because she has very severe OCD, and she gets anxious, and when she gets anxious, she freezes. It's still frustrating that she can't get her thoughts and feelings out." |
| Sentiment Stats: |
|
Carly Fleischmann
Overall Sentiment: -0.0118519
Relevance: 0.480281
Temple Grandin
Overall Sentiment: 0.0740809
Relevance: 0.152895
| Sentiment | Quote |
|---|---|
| 0.0889684 | "Technology has allowed me to communicate, learn social skills, implement relaxing techniques and played a crucial part in helping me how to spell," she said. ... |
| 0.0551334 | "Technology has allowed me to communicate, learn social skills, implement relaxing techniques and played a crucial part in helping me how to spell," she said. "To me, technology is the key to unlocking autism." |
| Sentiment Stats: |
|
Disambiguation: Academic | ScientistReferences:
Carly
Overall Sentiment: 0.140727
Relevance: 0.137258
Sen. John Kerry
Overall Sentiment: 0.110115
Relevance: 0.135102
Howard
Overall Sentiment: 0.0113689
Relevance: 0.0926383
Ellen DeGeneres
Overall Sentiment: 0.0442319
Relevance: 0.0849084
Larry King
Overall Sentiment: 0.0225307
Relevance: 0.081399
Disambiguation: Actor | FilmActor | TVActor | TVPersonality | BroadcastArtistReferences:
Key:
- Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
- The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
- The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).
Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.
Additional Info:
URL Header
Source URL: Click
Site Provided Desc:
Provided Keywords:
Provided Title:
Site Provided Desc:
Carly Fleischmann lived most of her childhood trapped in a body that could not communicate clearly with the outside world. The iPad would eventually help change that.
Provided Keywords:
Provided Title:
How tablets helped unlock one girl's voice
No comments:
Post a Comment