ANO "Center for Rehabilitation of Disabled Children" Our Sunny World ", the leading organization in the field of professional assistance to children with autism in the Russian Federation, announces the release of a new version of the unique free communicator application "Autism: Communication".
The first version of the communicator "Autism: Communication", created by the Center's specialists in 2012, was the first such application in the world in Russian that can help a child with autism learn to communicate with others and develop spontaneous speech skills. The application was created with the help of a leading specialist in applied behavior analysis - Yulia Mikhailovna Erts.
The new version, having fully retained the functionality of the previous one, has acquired new, unique features. Now a parent or a specialist can use not only a standard set of cards to communicate with a non-speaking child, but can also add their own, created individually. This functionality allows the application to be used not only for non-speaking children with autism and other developmental disabilities, but also for any other people who are unable to speak. These can be children and adults with cerebral palsy, adults with the consequences of injuries and after a stroke, just older people.
The new version of the application was created with the financial support of the Origins Foundation for the Support of Historical and Cultural Research.
The application contains:
• A flashcard gallery with over 150 high-quality images that your child learns to identify, name and relate to different categories (eg animals, letters, numbers, shapes, colors, etc.). The ability to distinguish and name objects also contributes to the development of speech skills in children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Parents and specialists will be able to add their cards (photograph and voice), using in a dialogue with the child those objects and objects that need to be studied specifically for him (father, mother, clinic, kindergarten, etc.)
• A communicator with which the child can either simply designate the desired items, or make full-fledged proposals-requests. Sound accompaniment allows the child to voice their own desires and provides an opportunity for repetition and speech imitation. Developed taking into account the many years of experience of the specialists of the center for the rehabilitation of disabled children "Our Sunny World", the manual is suitable for the effective teaching of children with autism, Down's syndrome, alalia and other disorders accompanied by difficulties in the development of speech. The application can also be used as a developmental aid in the process of studying with ordinary young children.
• The special functionality of the application allows you to create communicative, voiced cards for adults and the elderly with speech impairments. Such as “walkers”, “cup”, “medicine”, “I feel bad”, “I want to call my daughter”, etc. You can create and voice cards for any words. As many as needed.
The main task of this application is to help people who cannot speak on their own communicate.
The main expert of the project is Igor Leonidovich Spitsberg.
Founder and head of the ANO "Center for Rehabilitation of Disabled Children" Our Sunny World "(since 1991),
member of the Board of the International Association "Autism Europe" (Autism Europe's Council of Administration), member of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation on comprehensive support for children with autism spectrum disorders, member of the Council of the All-Russian Organization of Parents of Disabled Children (VORDI), member of the Council of the Moscow City Association Parents of Disabled Children (MGARDI), member of the Coordinating Council for Disabled Children and Other Persons with Disabilities at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
From 1991 to the present, he has been actively involved in the development and improvement of methods for the rehabilitation of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Author of a methodology for correcting features in the development of sensory systems in children with autism spectrum disorders.