No Fear We Have New Gear!

I've always had so many fears about using a communication device with Jayen. In my heart I feel that some day he will have verbal communication. I'm not sure when that is, but some day he will! I use sign language with him and try to always pair it with its verbal equivalent. When the school system suggested an iPad with a communication application, I was hesitant. I never wanted to teach Jayen how to communicate with something then it not be with him every time he wanted to communicate. I was also worried when we found out we were moving. The iPad he had been using belonged to the school district. All of the vocabulary pages we have created for him and he has learned to navigate would be lost if I didn't get him his own device before we moved. Well today a few of those worries are calmed. Today Jayen received his own communication device. We went with the iPad mini so it would be more portable for Jayen. Hopefully this will be easier for him to have it with him anytime he wants to communicate. We were also able to put his current vocabulary file on this device, so everything that had been programed on the old device is now on the new one. I'm excited for Jayen and what this opens up for him, but I am sill hopeful that some day I will wish he would stop talking!