Liam’s iPad Challenge

Welcome to Liam’s page! We have set up this account to help Liam earn funds toward his iPad Challenge!

The reason I am here is to ask for your help. Liam is involved in a challenge to earn an iPad for much needed speech therapy. While he is not Autistic, he has a Sensory Processing Disorder, which is a common component of Autism. He also has a Severe Expressive & Receptive Language Delay, which may be caused by the Sensory Processing Disorder. At nearly 30 months, he speaks at maybe a 12-18 month level. He has been in Early Intervention since August and Speech Therapy since October.

Using an iPad as part of his therapy encourages him to attempt to repeat words in his educational applications, which is something we’ve had only minor luck coaxing out of him on our own, which is why we would love for him to earn an iPad through this wonderful program as well as raise autism awareness!

How many of you know someone with autism? Based on a report in the news today, 1 in 88 kids are somewhere on the Autism Spectrum, which means that each of you very likely DOES know at least one person.

By purchasing one of these really pretty AND high quality pieces, you are not only getting a really nice piece either for yourself or as a gift, you are helping to support autism groups as well as earning 1 point (60 total needed) per purchase for Liam to earn his iPad! It is a very legit program, my friend already received an iPad for her son just a few weeks ago.

All you have to do is click here: The Puzzling Piece Click on Products, then the iPad Challenge tab.

If any of the pieces are to your liking, when you order one, simply enter my name (Melissa Cherney) on the left side of the product page. This will let them know who should get the point for your purchase!

A lot of people are interested in helping him out, but either don’t want to purchase any of the items there, or would rather make a smaller donation, and that’s ok! Every dollar helps, so that’s why I just set up this page. All funds raised will go directly towards purchasing pieces to earn him points.

He currently has 26 and needs 60 to earn the iPad. This is a legitimate challenge and we are very grateful to the woman hosting it.

Once he has earned the 60 points, we also need to purchase a variety of applications that encourage verbalization. The big one we need is called Tap to Talk. It is assistive technology which displays pictures on the screen. Liam can scroll through the pictures to find what he wants. The application will state the name of the object he wants when he pushes on it. His favorite, for example, is milk. This morning he came to me (we’re currently using a demo version) and pushed the milk picture. I heard “Milk, please.” This will help him SO much, I can’t even tell you. Tap to Talk is $180.