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09 Nov 2009, 1:08 am

I have a friend who I like a lot, and I talk to online often, but I have hard time spending time with her IRL. She has a physical disability that effects her speech, and with my CAPD it's pretty much impossible to understand anything she says. And so conversations are severely limited. I want to explain this to her and find an alternate method of communication. How can I bring this up politely? Any suggestions for how we could communicate more easily? I would be comfortable sitting in a room together and just IMing, but that isn't practical if we want to go out and do something.



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09 Nov 2009, 1:25 am

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09 Nov 2009, 1:47 am

She'll understand, just add a bit of tact where nessercary and tell her. It's as simple as that.



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09 Nov 2009, 1:50 am

Text messaging?


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09 Nov 2009, 2:15 am

Sign language?


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09 Nov 2009, 2:16 am

Nightsun wrote:
Sign language?


Unfortunately I only know the alphabet, though I would like to learn more.



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09 Nov 2009, 2:47 am

what about sign language? or pecs? or a dynavox? or tango? can she type? or write? i dont have much conversational skills at all, its rare to have any sign of conversation with me especially during the day, its either sign, pecs, typing or text msging, or at the least writing, dont give up searching! to learn more sign check out sites like www.aslpro.com or www.lifeprint.com might help!


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12 Nov 2009, 9:23 am

What about the iPhone app Proloquo to Go (more about it here)?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_1sdNEwfg[/youtube]


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