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Here are the Many Methods One Goal to Communicate stories submissions
The voice of the look: signaling with the body to achieve communication by Valeria Gervasini. In the last few years, I have added to my written and physical communication another mode of expression: I use color (painting is a word I still won't use). I like very much to use color, and I do so following the instruction of an art teacher who has devised for me, without requiring any type of movement, instruments and positions that allow me to use colors in a personal way. I hope that this description of my diverse modes of communication [in my story "Body signals: a way to achieve communication"], along with its accompanying video, may be of help to those who find themselves living with others who cannot communicate verbally. For me, learning to communicate has been the greatest joy. and there is a story to go with the video I segnali del corpo: un modo per raggiungere la comunicazione or Body signals: a way to achieve communication in English
AAC Keys: Writing from Pathfinder to Computer by Michael Brian Reed: This
is how I write with my Pathfinder communication aid connected to a
computer with a serial cable. At the end of my demonstration it takes
me a few goes to find a message that was stored 3 years ago, something
that is important to me. I left my special school in July 2009. I was
there for 12 years. 12 years of not talking to my friends. My teachers
never learned how to help me.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/0/4BVwyWVBqBs
Campaign Me by Ben
Travis, David Tait, Michael Brian Reed, Mark Bloxham, Peter Allen, John
Harrison, Trevor Lynn, Victoria Surtees, Muriel Claire Winship, Paul
Humby, Wayne Philips, Robert McNicholas, rory Falconer, Idonia Kearley,
Jane Wilson, Andrew Murray, Paul Strong: 'Campaign Me' is
election campaign sabotage. The actors are a group of young people with
disabilities. We made it with Engage TV at Percy Hedley's Able 2 Day
Centre, Newcastle, UK. Campaign Me was a MediaBox project.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/29/r3tdnAbPHOc
FaCE Group Interview
by Michael Brian Reed, Gemma Coils, Andrew Murray, Robert Mc
Nicholas: I ask my friends to support my AAC Campaign. They ask
will we be able to make communication boards
and communication passports for our friends, and AAC movies and
animations.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/0/TToInmFxrJY
Many Stories, One Voice by Michael
Brian Reed, Andrew Murray, Gemma Coils, Jake Edward Storm Lee, Robert
Mc Nicholas, Sam Grimes: The video is my talks about AAC Month
and the Many Stories, One Voice writing contest, with story tips, and
footage of our group, FaCE, at our story writing
workshops. We read our stories in 2 schools and 3 libraries during
October 2008, using my Pathfinder communication aid, the ReadPlease
free text-to-speech programme, and audio recorded from my Pathfinder
into PowerPoint.
You can read our stories at: www.aacawareness.org/michaelreed.html and over 100 more stories written by people who use AAC from 13 countries: http://www.aacawareness.org/collectiontocdetailed.html
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/39/Tpv9E97EA9Q
No Secrets
by Michael Reed, Melanie Bishop-Thompson, Wayne Walters, Andy Collins,
Tony Stevens, Michael Robson, Ben Newton, Stephen Greenwell, Brian
Devine, Robert Atkin: ‘No Secrets’ was made to promote the
Department of Health’s No Secrets campaign, which aims to stamp out
abuse. MP’s from the North East Learning Disability Parliament act out
different ways people with disabilities can be abused, and how they
should tell somebody about it. My part is about my communication aid
being locked in a cupboard for safe-keeping, leaving me without a
voice. We made ‘No Secrets’ with Engage TV at the Innovations Centre,
Spennymoor, UK. No Secrets premiered at The Gate, Newcastle 18 June
2009.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/28/bibKvUYwZ6w
Out of the Box
by Michael Brian Reed: Out of the Box is a three minute
documentary about me made for the Community Channel. It premiered at
the Baltic Theatre, Newcastle 24 June 2009. Engage TV filmed me in
different places and I recorded the voice over on my Pathfinder
communication aid.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/30/J2d1euofU5E
Piggy’s AAC Phone by Michael
Brian Reed, Andrew Murray, Gemma Coils, Jake Edward Storm Lee, Robert
Mc Nicholas, Sam Grimes: Piggy’s AAC Phone is a story from the
Many Stories, One Voice Online Collection we made for International AAC
Month 2008. The narrated PowerPoint was too big to email to the contest
so we sent it without sound. This year we made our story into a movie
for the 2009 collection Many Methods, One Goal: To Communicate. See my
Tutorials playlist for how to do it: www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/2/p8BfoPCkdYU
PowerPoint Movie by Michael
Brian Reed: Movie tutorial showing how to make a movie of a
PowerPoint presentation or story by putting photos of the slides on the
movie track in a movie editing program, and audio files to narrate the
movie on the audio track. See my Tutorials playlist on YouTube for how
to add sound to PowerPoint, how to make the sound files in
text-to-speech software, and how to convert WAV or AIFF to MP3 in
iTunes: www.youtube.com/michaelbrianreed
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/michaelbrianreed#play/user/1DEC67BCCC17ED99/0/XFfiaQfF5cY
Shine ’09: Andrew Interviews Michael by Michael
Brian Reed and Andrew Murray: Andrew interviews me about my
talent for Shine Week, a national festival of young people's talent in
the UK 6-10 July 2009. We are at Chilton Community College.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/24/0z7tENoPggo
Shine ’09: Michael Interviews Andrew by Michael
Brian Reed and Andrew Murray: Michael interviews Andrew about his
talent for Shine Week, a national festival of young people's talent in
the UK 6-10 July 2009, and then films Andrew at his Rookies lesson.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbrianreed#play/uploads/25/ZuZdScWk-gM
Willow Dene School AAC Examples: Pink class are a class of lower key stage 2 children with complex health needs who are working at an early level of development (p1-4). They include children with hearing and vision impairment, sensory sensitivity and all of them have some degree of physical disability.
The videos included are an example of how we use AAC to support communication in the context of game playing. They aim to develop skills in anticipation, recognising cause and effect and initiation. Above all they help children become aware of how communication and AAC can give them control in a given situation, provoke a response and draw attention to themselves. They are also planned to be fun, motivating and a tool for bringing adults and children together
http://www.vimeo.com/6570130
3. AAC Example 4: http://www.vimeo.com/6570192
Party Foods in English in a PowerPoint file by (David Blake, Michael Chaney, Amberly Creighton, Carl Fjetland, Sara Hunter, Lalena Manuel, Travis Messner, Sara Perkins, Ericka Rivera, Magdalena Serda, Gilbert Steve, Lora White, and Julie Wolfe)
Every month we do cooking class at the Adult Day Program. Everyone votes on the ingredients using their AAC devices. In this group, we have people using Dynavox V, Dynavox Vmax, DynaMyte, MT4, Dynavox 3100, Vanguard, Vantage Lite, ECO-14, and Tango. We use an adapted pouring cup and ECU box so we can plug in switches to participate. After cooking we look at the pictures and vote on which ones should be in a PowerPoint story. We write a story together. We vote and edit as a group, using the SmartBoard. Once we have a story, it is printed and laminated. Then a group gets to go to the elementary school nearby and read the story to kindergarteners.
Also, they did a video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqRoN9iT_oQ
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Many Methods: One Goal, Communication by Sam Buswell.
Last year, Sam submitted (with Kerri as co-author), a MSOV story entitled, “Taffy the Dog goes on an Airplane Trip”. This year, for MMOG, Sam shares his story on video, (on YouTube), using signs, gestures, speech, assistive technology, and maps.
The YouTube URL is :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfC4ew8i08
Listen to Sam’s story because “awareness happens when you share a story”.
Hall of Fame by Luis Clemente was born in Puerto Rico where he was never afforded access to augmentative communication and assistive technology services. When he came to New York in 1992, he communicated through gestures and guttural vocal sounds and used a walker. At that time, he was monolingual. Luis came to AHRC NYC Bronx Day Habilitation (BD) Program in June, 2000 brining with him a communication book. At BDH, Luis saw other individuals using communication devices and power wheelchairs and he immediately began advocating for the same services for himself. Within six months he received a DynaVox MiniMo and his first power wheelchair. After a few months working with the DynaVox, Luis was able to learn English. He now formulates sentences and communicates effectively with people in both English and Spanish using his DynaVox V. Luis has become an advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities. He encourages and assists one of his peers who uses a Dynavox to become a better communicator. Luis also addressed a legislative meeting in the Bronx to increase awareness for the need for assistive technology services for individuals with IDD.
Description of Film
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx Community College, founded in 1900, is the original "Hall of Fame" in this country. This hall of fame honors prominent Americans who have had a significant impact on this nation's history. The Hall of Fame serves as a focus for educational reinforcement and a stage for related programs and exhibits at BCC.
Earlier this year, AHRC NYC individuals, including Luis, visited the campus on a weekly basis to participate in a research and study project where they would eventually become co-leaders of guided tours for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Luis had the option of selecting Great Americans of choice, whom he researched, and presented at community tours. Luis co-led tours using a DynaVox V, mounted on his power-wheelchair. The short film to be entered in the contest documents this process and its end result.
Also, you can view it at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9XFvZbBHWA
