| About Our Company Aut 2 Communicate The exclusive source for Letterboards Used widely by individuals with autism and/or movement disorders who are non-verbal or limited-verbal to fully communicate and interact with their family and community. It is our mission to enhance the possibility of full communication and a richer life for all individuals with autism and related disorders who cannot speak or communicate meaningfully with the people in their lives. Aut 2 Communicate was born when I created and produced a communication board that proved to be useful and effective for my daughter, Sydney in learning and practicing the Rapid Prompting Method. Frustrated with not being able to find an existing, tried-and-true Letterboard that would fit our needs, I designed our own using the Basic-QWERTY format. Later I produced them in three other formats to meet the needs of other children and professionals. The Rapid Prompting Method was created by Soma Mukhopadhyay for her own son, Tito who was diagnosed with autism and who, like many of us, was given little hope for his future. Soma's method was so successful in allowing Tito to express himself that she was asked to teach it to others. As a result, multitudes of non-verbal autistic children have been given the same opportunity as Tito to communicate and demonstrate their intelligence. To date, it has been studied, practiced and praised by hundreds of parents and professionals in the field of autism. For more information about Soma and her teaching method, please go to www.halo-soma.org Six months after we began learning the Rapid Prompting Method, Sydney was able to spell out words and short sentences on her Letterboard and, to our delight, began working with Soma in her Los Angeles clinic. Soma began using my Letterboards with Sydney and with her other students as well. Developed and refined over a two year period, the Letterboards continue to be used with students in Soma's clinic and also by many parents and professionals. Lisa Davis Edmond Letterboards copyright 2004 Sydney's Mom/Aut2Communicate Top of Page |
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