[tri-med] Re: Touch-screen laptop computer

That's a good idea too...but with the way $$ is in the schools-I don't see
this happening for us at least. They'd just forget it and use something they
have. :( 
Good idea though--we may try it if/when we get one.
Katie


On 2/18/09 7:35 AM, "Annette Oseguera" <tri18412@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Gina,
> If you send it to school with Taylor, can't you ask the school to insure it? 
> They can use non ed funds.  If they don't want to insure it, then tell them to
> buy one for him to use at school because he needs to use the same
> communication device at home and at school.  My friend did this with her
> daughter and the school decided it was cheaper to insure it than to buy one
> for school.
>  
> Annette
> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Gina Anderson <ghulce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> From: Gina Anderson <ghulce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tri-med] Re: Touch-screen laptop computer
> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 5:16 PM
> 
> yes thay do as i was worried thay do give  you  two years i think i know
> taylor
> did . but to insure it for two years its 953. so i will be putting money away.
> or us christmas fund to pay for it gina
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Katie Cragg <kmcragg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Feb 17, 2009 2:22 PM
>> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tri-med] Re: Touch-screen laptop computer
>> 
>> Thanks-wow, I didn't even think about that! Crap, that's a lot! Is
> the
>> insurance through the company??
>> Katie
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/17/09 1:47 PM, "Gina Anderson" <ghulce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> 
>>> taylor has one and to insure it  is 593.00 a year . as if its dropped
> and know
>>> insurnce on it you pay out of pocket. Its almost what i pay for car
> insurnce
>>> on a car gina son taylor triosmy 8 mosaic
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Annette Oseguera <tri18412@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Feb 17, 2009 11:00 AM
>>>> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [tri-med] Re: Touch-screen laptop computer
>>>> 
>>>> Have you tried getting a Dynavox for Candace?  We are in the
> process of
>>>> getting one for Annette.  There are different ways a person can
> use this
>>>> communicaiton device - eye gaze, infrared facilitated by head
> movement,
>>>> auditory relay, and visual switch.  There is a website for the
> Dynavox. 
>>>> Has anyone used one of these with their kids?  How did it work?
>>>>  
>>>> Annette
>>>> --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Kim Ihlenfeldt
> <kimihlenfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> From: Kim Ihlenfeldt <kimihlenfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [tri-med] Touch-screen laptop computer
>>>> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 5:08 PM
>>>> 
>>>> Hello everyone.  I am in the process of trying to get Candace a
> touch-screen
>>>> laptop computer from her waiver.  I need to get letters of
> referral from
>>>> specialists, which I can get.  I need to find out where I can get
> one here in
>>>> the U.S. and how much it is going to cost.  Can anyone help me
> out?  Candace
>>>> is
>>>> not able to manipulate a mouse so we feel the best option for her
> is to use a
>>>> touch-screen laptop.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Kim, wife to Kerry (complex balanced translocation between the 9,
> 15, and
>>>> 18th
>>>> chromosomes), mom to Cameron, 10 (same genetics as dad), Cayden
> T18 (12-16-02
>>>> to
>>>> 1-16-03), and Candace, 3 (Partial Trisomy 15 & 18)
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