Comments on: Texting opens up new world for teen with autism http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/15/texting-opens-up-26626/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hsiehale http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/15/texting-opens-up-26626/comment-page-1/#comment-5295 hsiehale Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:49:21 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=26626#comment-5295 Cell phones started out by allowing portable long-distance communication. Soon, texting became popular, and it still does remain widely used today. This is great, because type/talk machines can be quite expensive, whereas a cell phone with a cell phone plan isn't, especially when it can gift an autistic child with a voice. In my Anthropology class, we had to go around and interview two different groups, those older than 35 and those younger than 35, about their texting abilities and habits. The 35 and older group texted much less and was less up to date on texting language (lol and omg for example). The younger texters knew all about the language; after all, they are the ones creating new terms/abbreviations/acronyms. I think that Vera needs to make sure that her son doesn't communicate with texting terms too much. The talking machines not only serve as a way of giving voice to thought, but as a way to learn how to do it properly. Cell phones started out by allowing portable long-distance communication. Soon, texting became popular, and it still does remain widely used today. This is great, because type/talk machines can be quite expensive, whereas a cell phone with a cell phone plan isn’t, especially when it can gift an autistic child with a voice.

In my Anthropology class, we had to go around and interview two different groups, those older than 35 and those younger than 35, about their texting abilities and habits. The 35 and older group texted much less and was less up to date on texting language (lol and omg for example). The younger texters knew all about the language; after all, they are the ones creating new terms/abbreviations/acronyms. I think that Vera needs to make sure that her son doesn’t communicate with texting terms too much. The talking machines not only serve as a way of giving voice to thought, but as a way to learn how to do it properly.

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