Image by autismawareness.com By Jadelyn Yep
Staff Writer April is the month of autism acceptance and Apple has shown the use of Ipads on people with autistic disabilities like 16 year-old Dilan Barmache. Apple has recently released a pair of videos on YouTube highlighting Barmache’s story with autism. Autism means a complex neurobehavioral disorder that includes impairments in social interaction and development language and communication skills, combined with rigid, repetitive behaviors. Barmache has learned to speak using Ipad apps, Proloque4Text, Assistive Express, and Keeble. These apps have changed his life by typing his thoughts and feelings, letting the computer speak for him. In the video, Barmache had explained, “All my life I wanted so badly to connect with people but they couldn’t understand because I had no way to communicate.” He describes autism as “lonely” and “hell”. Nobody has understood his pain when it hurt the most and what life was like in his shoes. Throughout the halls, he was know as “that kid”. The one who needed special help and it made most things hard for the teen. But, that didn’t stop him from being different. In 2014, Barmache took the opportunity to deliver a speech at his middle school graduation and stunned all with what he had learned. “Not being able to speak isn’t the same as not having something to say” Says the teen. From fighting all his life, he’s learned to give something more than a voice to his community. 1 in 42 boys in the United States are diagnosed with autism and the numbers are rising. But through Barmache’s words,“I get to experience the world in a very unique way. I can see the wind, hear the flowers. I can feel incredible emotions flowering from those I love.” This inspiring teen has changed the world one message at a time in Apple’s videos leaving many people speechless and crying. Technology is constantly changing and people like Barmache make the future exciting and worth it. Comments are closed.
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