Hi. My name is Atsushi. I am 83 years old. I have Cerebral Palsy. I can’t walk so I use a wheelchair to get around and the wheelchair doesn’t work! I can’t speak. At first, I used signs, alphabet blocks and an alphabet stencil to tell people what I wanted. After that I had a really heavy talking machine for 20 years. Its voice was foggy and unclear. Then, I got my first Lightwriter.
Now, I have a new Lightwriter from CAYA. My Lightwriter is great because I can improve my language and spelling and communicate with more people. The abbreviations let me say long phrases with just a few letters. I like that it speaks out loud so that people can hear what I want to say. I love to bug my sisters with the Lightwriter as soon as they get home.
If I could choose to either walk or talk, I would choose to talk! So, CAYA if you can put a microchip in my throat, I’d be thrilled!