[senit] New Mozilla email application with symbols.

Definitely Yes!

If I understand your story right is that children with autism could 
benefit from this also?

Kaj Rietberg
http://www.kajrietberg.nl

sally millar schreef:
> Definitely Yes!
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> Like many other speech and language therapists and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) specialists, I work with people who have complex speech language and communication impairments and many of these use symbols as their primary/only means of communication. There are a number of different symbol systems in use in the UK;  PCS, Widgit, and Bliss. All of those three systems are pretty international but further different symbol systems may also be used in other countries. All of these have technology support communities.
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> Symbol communication systems are usually used both low-tech (on paper charts or in books) and increasingly also high tech (on computer, and dedicated voice output communication aids (VOCAs).  Users are keen to access all of the facilities that their noncommunication disabled peers can, ie internet, email etc. amongst other things.
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> Symbol users are not a homogenous group. Some may have learning difficulties (or just be very young!) and therefore will be working at a very basic level, but many are intellectually normal or above average.
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> Regardless of their intellectual ability/potential, many symbol communicators have difficulty reading standard text (because of complex perceptual or cognitive difficulties, or lack of appropriate teaching) and also often physically disabled, therefore symbol email would ideally also need to be speech-supported email and switch-accessible email....
> Sally Millar
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>> New Mozilla email application with symbols.
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>> Is there community interest in using email with symbols?
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>> Mozilla have asked us to demonstrate interest.
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>> regards
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>> Jonathan Chetwynd
>> Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
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