Collaborating for action 2: the Autreach. IT project Dinah Murray and Roger Turner
Long term aim: Change awareness so as to change practice (see “Collaborating for action 1: Autreach, why, what, and how” for context)
Basic givens • Everyone can communicate when they are understood • Everyone needs to be understood • Everyone can be understood 3
Autreach. IT “Not being able to speak is not the same as not having something to say” [the Autreach. IT Manifesto • • • i ] Raising awareness of rights to ICT under the law • among autistic people • among their care providers • among the public at large Demonstrating the effectiveness of ICT • to autistic people • to their care providers • to the public at large Employing autistic people to develop ICT services • for autistic people • for their care providers 4
“Not being able to speak is not the same as not having something to say” http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MVuoz 0 s 0 g 6 A 5
Autreach. IT: Pilot Projects • Voice Output Communication Aids • Computers with full multimedia and Internet access • Autreach websites 6
Autreach. IT proposed projects VOCA • VOCA = Voice Output • • Communication Aid Two basic sorts +/- real keyboard Plus real keyboard has been very expensive until now - Negroponte laptops see below • You can also get simple key pads with 7
For simple key pads with prerecorded messages • www. pri-liberator. com (generally more • • expensive) www. inclusive. co. uk (generally less expensive) AAC specialists AAC = Augmentative and Alternative Communication 8
Advantages of non-keyboard VOCAs • Cheap, sturdy, easy • Being easy to use and easy to program = more likely to be used - staff will not be scared off - staff will see it’s worth the bother • Own messages can be instantly delivered 9
Disadvantages of non-keyboard VOCAs • Non-keyboard VOCAs are not fully inclusive They don’t access Internet • • They are potentially stigmatising • They are profoundly limited 10
• Techno wish-list Developed by Rosalind Picard of MIT after extensive consultation with autistic AAC users - Talking word processor with controllable volume audio - output Small, portable, not heavy, easy to pick up and carry Low power, long battery life Reliability: able to survive being dropped Low cost (typical cost is $7500 -8500) Ability to download new pages or overlays made by others via Internet The ability to easily network to chat with remotely located friends Touch screen option Cool-looking, non-medical, non-stigmatizing appearance Ability to change colors, sizes of fonts, background 11
How Autreach. IT works
Backpack websites • Web-based application • Share web pages instead of emailing • • attachments Track versions, changes, history Make pages public to create visible presence for group Organizing tools: shared calendar, newsroom, reminders Psychological effect of revisable 13
Autreach website • Pages related to Autreach groups (about 20*) - Autreach Network, Autreach <your name here>. . . ? • Autreach. IT public pages (about 10*) - includes manifesto i, constitution i, as well as usual public pages • Autreach. IT private/shared pages (about 50*) - online administration: • agenda, minutes of formal meetings. . . • policy documents: conflict of interest, vulnerable adults, . . . • register of members, trustee declarations of interests. . . • letter templates, funding bids, to do list, shared calendar. . . - projects, including this presentation - see next slide * current numbers, from zero 9 months ago, you can help add more. . . 14
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Autreach Network i • A network of autonomous groups, • • • adopting some basic principles (join or start a group and help to define those principles!) Not a group or organisation (even an “umbrella” organisation) Autreach. IT, London ARM, Autreach. BB Group website(s) can be provided by Autreach. IT 16
The message "There is no-one who can't be saved!" was found on the beach in Warrnambool Australia by Beatrice Kurmann, Wendy Lawson, and Dinah Murray in November 2001. To us it is a message about emancipation. 17
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