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KIWANI8 ANNIVERSARY BEST AVAILABLE COPY Computer voice helps handicapped kids speak A computers monotone voice is giving Down Syndrome children one that is full of We and vitality Children afflicted with Down Syndrome the most common form of mental retardation share similar facial characteristics small mouths and therefore long tongues making speech dif ficult and a greater difficulty in learning how to talk than other children Approximately one m babies are born with Down Syndrome The voice of the Halton Down Syndrom Associations most Apple computer gives to the pro- of each word in a said sentence the associations vice- president Acton resident Debbie Boycott says Down Syndrome children need to be communicatee with in this way to properly learn how to articulate a complete sentence Ms Boycott said And teaching these children how to communicate comprehen sively is one of the associations primary goals For Down Syndrome children to grow mentally and socially they have to be able to integrate with other children and speech is critical to this integration process Ms Boycott said A Down Syndrome child has more difficulty learning speech from people because of people in ability to duplicate the computers monotone voice When the child hears a sentence spoken by another person the child only picks up the main words and not the sentence s connecting prepositions As a result Down Syndrome teenagers for example have the ideas of teenagers but the words of twoyearolds Ms Boycott said The computer was donated to the sixyearold associa tion by the Kiwanis Club of Georgetown as part of their ongo ing support for the associations work Last year the club paid for a speech therapist for a Down Syn drome child Ms Boycott whose sixyearold daughter Emily has Down drome can attest first hand to the computers effectiveness Not only has her daughters speech but also she can count better and is now able to differentiate bet ween upper and loer case letters Ms Boycott said Emily likes the computers voice and the colors that come up on the screen she said It has made learning fun for her A lack of appropriate soft ware programs that are neither too slow nor too fast is the problem currently faced by Ms Boycott However she is receiving help from Ms Diane Norton of Brookville Public School in Acton who has given her a number of good programs The computer is shared on a monthly basis among the five families in the North Halton Region who have a Down Syn drome child The association has also obtained two computers to serve families in Burlington and Oakville The vicepresident of the Halton Down Syndrome Association Debbie Boycott accepts a donation on behalf of the association from the president of the Kiwanis Club of Georgetown Brian Mac Adam at Ms Boycotts Acton home May nth The money was used to purchase a computer that helps teach Down Syndrome children speech Learning how Six- earold Emih is the and colors produced her new teacher an Ap ple II GS computer as her mother Debbie I looks on Herald pholo A KiWANIS CONCERN forty wide eyes and twenty attentive stares told the story that Officer Olliea message about stranger danger was making an impression The eyes belonged to twenty Elm hurst Illinois preschoolers Officer Olhe was a puppet under the control of policeman Clifford Stasi the citys pre officer And the program itself was made possible through a generous donation from the Club of International a community service organ iza raised more than million this year for community service projects With more than 000 members in clubs the K Family serves nations and includes two coed youth affiliates Circle K International is a college ice group with 10 members in clubs Key Clubs 125 members are active in high schools DGRANT ISAAC BComm LLB mi Barrhtar Solicitor Notary divorces family law civil litigation Corporate commercial law wills trusts estates real estate mortgages THE PROFESSIONAL ARTS BUILDING Suite Sinclair Ave Georgetown Toronto Line 8776911 Georgetown Club Charter Past President DUNLOP INSURANCE LIMITED Home Life Farm Business Marine Auto Tenants BBSS Guelph St Norval Ont CALL 8775101 otitic 7Stt CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE Guelph Market Place St and 8776963 NEW HOURS for your convenience 900 am 500 pm ThursFri 900 am800 pm Saturday 1000 am 300 pm