Our beautiful daughter Bree-Anna is 19 years old. Bree loves to talk to her family and friends about real girl stuff, going shopping at the mall, cute boys, and the latest movies. We have been able to secure funding at our local college for her and 11 other students to attend a continuing education class. They do math, language arts, history and science along with community activities and social functions. Bree uses her present communication device, a Tech Touch provided to her by CAYA, in all aspects of her daily life.
We are grateful to SET-BC for providing Bree-Anna with the ability to communicate but as you know, it only supports students up to grade 12. It was last spring when we stumbled across the information on the CAYA program on the internet and were thrilled by the idea that we may be able to have ongoing technical support for Bree’s communication device after she left the public school system. Also, to know that there was a program that would cover the prohibitive cost of purchasing an augmentative communication device relieved tremendous pressure from us financially. She finally has a true voice of her own and we are very excited to see where this wonderful opportunity will take our daughter.
We know that this worthwhile program will not only benefit our daughter but many of her friends in Prince George and around the province. Many of these young adults have benefited immensely from SETBC and augmentative communication. To lose that ability can be devastating, so we are very grateful to the visionaries who conceived of this project.
Thank you so much for this fabulous chance to truly expand Bree’s world. We believe our daughter can be a life long learner and it is our hope that her new system will provide her with the tools to express herself and truly make her own choices in her life.
Sincerely, Terry and Gord Robertson