I am at home mostly with my daughter Grace who usually attends adult autism services, but I am available for questions or help via email. I can even make little videos to explain things.
Email lisa@graceapp.com
When all this is over I will be able to book in person training again. I really miss getting out!
The Grace App Workshop is online to take whenever it suits you. That includes the middle of the night when you might finally have a minute to yourself. Log in, take it in stages and go back to it whenever you want to refresh. [read more…]
Lisa is co-creator of Grace App and mother of Liam and Gracie Domican who both have autism. As a parent, Lisa has had 14 years experience of raising her children with autism and has been attending courses and studying evidence based interventions for the last 10 years. As a mother, Lisa fought to understand her initially non-verbal son Liam, and learned to interact with him using the things he liked most. It was the introduction of a simple picture exchange system that prompted Liam to begin imitating and attempting to say the words on the cards he used to make requests.
If there is one thing that really annoys me it is when people who do not speak in audible words are not being listened to. And by that I mean that the Needs, Interests and Human Rights of the so called “non-verbal” are being overlooked. [read more…]
Over the years I have had to explain many times why Grace App does not “speak” for the person using it. Why does the user have to select pictures, then go and find someone who will point, pause and if needed verbally prompt each word as represented by the picture. [read more…]