“It’s a Toy, but It’s So Much More to Her”
“She has some sense of independence when she can play with this, she doesn’t have to rely on any of us to turn it on for her.”
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“I am so much less frustrated and [I’m] happier at work,” Karen explains. “I can hear everything on the phone now and I no longer need co-workers and clients to repeat themselves.”
“I have a lot of interaction with co-workers, visitors and residents, and the surroundings are kind of loud,” Belle says. “I barely hear what people are telling me, I always asked them to repeat what they said, or sometimes pretend that I heard them.”
Sarah was having problems with her phone and iPad. Now retired, she knew from her previous career working with persons with disabilities to reach out to Neil Squire.
It can be difficult to find the right toys for Raven. She has Cockayne Syndrome Type II, meaning that she can’t sit or stand on her own, and has hearing loss and a visual impairment.