There are a couple issues that we face using an AAC on an iPad instead of AAC on a dedicated device. One is that it has to be charged more frequently which means it isn’t always available to Gabe. The good news is that Gabe communicates beautifully in other ways. He just had a whole conversation with us using his eyes! He is so calm, cool, and collected almost all of the time because of his ability to communicate so well in spite of having apraxia. It didn’t happen overnight. I have seen a huge change in Gabe ever since he started using his AAC device years ago. The other ways he communicates came naturally to him. He is mastering the art of communicating through eye contact and body language! We are so proud of him and his ability to adjust to a world that isn’t ideal for someone like him. We are excited that he has started to learn a multimodal methods of communicating through spelling! He has so much to learn and to share with us! That is what I’m looking forward to focusing on when our trip ends next week! Currently, we are on our way to our next destination! Gabe has been asking for months to go to Montauk. He tells us on his AAC device daily! Even though we have been traveling for about a month already and need to rest, we couldn’t pass up a trip to our favorite place. After this we are really done until mid September when we bring him to NY for fashion week where he will be walking the runway! Can’t wait to share more about that soon! #autism #autismawareness #autismacceptance #nonverbal #nonverbalautism @Caroline Kiernan112 @nicolegottesmann