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Ben Hayes, Age 8, United States

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Ben uses a Vantage speech-generating device with full Unity for communication.  He accesses his system using two-switch step scanning with switches located on each side of his head.   Ben generated ideas for his story on his Vantage and sent them to IntelliTalk III software on a computer using a cable.  He brainstormed all of the ideas for the story, and his speech therapist helped him put the ideas into sentence form. 

 

Ben reports that he was very ‘excited’ to write this story!

Moon Talkers

by Ben Hayes


Once upon a time, there was a girl named Alex. She had two animal friends, a cockatoo named Gabby and a chicken named Isaiah T. They all came from the moon to live in Texas. Alex is ten years old and she rides in a wheelchair. All three friends have talkers. Alex uses a Vanguard. Gabby has a Deltatalker, and Isaiah T has a Sidekick.


One day Alex, Gabby, and Isaiah T. were all in the library meeting their friend Adam, who uses a Pathfinder for talking. They were all searching for Arthur books to read when Adam said, “I’m really hungry.” The friends left the library to get something to eat.


Alex, Gabby, Isaiah T. and Adam decided to go to Colonial Cafe for lunch. They all used their talkers to order food. While they were waiting for lunch, a waiter carrying a tray walked by their table. She tripped and the tray went flying up in the air. The friends looked worried, but Alex saved the day. She used her superpowers to stop the tray and make it land safely on the table. That is how Adam found out his three friends were from the moon!


Alex, Gabby, and Isaiah T. told Adam the whole story of how they came from the moon and asked Adam if he would go back to the moon with them. He said “yes.” Their spaceship was scheduled to come in to Washington D.C. in one week. They all got on an airplane to Washington D.C.


The spaceship landed in the parking lot of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream shop in Washington D.C. Alex, Gabby, Isaiah T., and Adam played backgammon in the restaurant before boarding the ship.


Adam took one last look out the spaceship window. Suddenly he spotted a girl from his second grade class named Diamond standing in the Ben and Jerry’s parking lot. Adam was so excited to see her that he ran out of the spaceship to give her a big kiss! At that moment, he realized he needed to stay on earth because he was in love with Diamond.

 

Adam said goodbye to Alex, Gabby, and Isaiah T. He and Diamond ran off to get married and lived happily ever after!


The end.