July 17th Tuesday

Today we went to Leach school. I was so impressed with the morale of the school and the amount of technology used. When we went into the OT room I thought, "Wow, we just hit the mother load"!!! This is because our OT room is about a quarter of that size at DAP. The pool and library were great, again we do not have either facility at DAP. The modified swings and wheelchair access jungle gym were great too. I thought if I ever have a child with physical disabilities or cerebral palsy, I would be sure to move, or do whatever I had to do, to make sure that they could go to that school or a school like that. That is the place to be!!!! I even thought for a hot second what it would be like to work there.....maybe it's in my future (:

I thought the head array, on the wheelchair, was awesome. That little girl who was trying to learn how to use the head array was so very cute. I would love to see how customized retainers, eye gaze, and eye blink devices work. Technology can really do anything...it is so important to give the gift of technology to people with disabilities. I think about how difficult life was in the past, before computerized technology, for people had cognitive abilities with physical disabilities. These people probably felt trapped in their bodies, not able to speak or communicate clearly. That saddens me. I feel we are all fortunate to live in this day and age were technology can only get better.