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Teen-Ager's Computer
Helps The Words Flow

RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER

acob Berman chooses his
words carefully, then lets
his fingers do the talking.
Born with cerebral palsy,
13-year-old Jacob has trouble
speaking like other children his
age. The disorder affects many of
his motor skills. He walks a bit
crookedly; his sentences are
slurred.
To help words flow more eas-
ily, Jacob uses a talking comput-
er, the Epson HX-20. He thinks
about what he wants to say.
Then, he types his thoughts into
a small laptop device, presses the
return key, and: "I like your hair,"
the computer intones.
Jacob laughs. Searching for
something else to say, he choos-
es what he calls a silly greeting.
"Bug off," the computer says. Ja-
cob laughs again.
Good humor, in part, is a qual-
ity that earned Jacob the honor
of appearing last month before
members of the Birming-
ham Optimist Club. His
teachers at Churchill Ju-
nior High in Royal Oak
nominated him as a speak-
er for the club's Oratorical
Event For Speech-Im-
paired Students.
Along with about two
dozen other challenged
youth, Jacob delivered a
presentation explaining
why people should listen
to what young people have
to say.
Smiling at an audience
of about 250 people in the
Birmingham Community
House, Jacob typed into
his computer the codes for Z-
a speech. He had spent
weeks preparing it with y
the help of in-
structors in
Churchill's pro-
gram for Physical-
ly and Otherwise
Health Impaired.
"I can't speak
clearly because I
have cerebral pal-
sy," Jacob's com-
puter told the
crowd. "However,
I am able to un-
a s,
derstand what is
said to me. I am
able to think just like other 13-
y e a r - o 1 d s,
(but) because I cannot speak
spontaneously, I think before I
speak ...
"I choose my words carefully.
I do spend more time than most
junior-high school students look-
ing and listening to the world
around me. I would like the world

Mary Ann Welch-Campbell.
to look and listen to me."
Ms. Campbell, as well as
It took Jacob a lot of looking
and listening to master his corn- speech and language therapist
puterized mouthpiece. He start- Susan Potter, who nominated Ja-
ed with picture boards showing cob for the Optimist honor, say
everyday objects like soup, french he is a very sociable and social-
fries and pencils. In one corner of ly accepted student in school.
a picture board there are pho- However, they wanted Jacob to
tographs of his classmates. An- use his computer in a broader
other shows the signs for context.
"I wanted him to have the
chance to express information to
"I would like the
strangers," Ms. Potter says.
Up at the podium, before hun-
world to look at and dreds
of unfamiliar eyes at the
Optimist
event, Jacob didn't
listen to me."
seem nervous..Was he? N-0, he
— Jacob Berman
types.
"No," say his computer.
In his spare time, Jacob reads
addition, subtraction, multipli- books about basketball, plays
cation and division. One column computerized math games and
indicates Jacob's special places. trades Power Ranger cards with
Among them, the Jewish Com- his good friend, John Wirth, 12.
"He's a real cool friend," John
munity Center and Jewish Fam-
ily Service, where his mother says. "A nice guy."

Above: Jacob uses the computer to
talk with John Wirth.

Left: The Epson HX-20 helps
individuals with speech
impairments.

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Jacob has learned to spell the
words these pictures represent.
Although abstract thoughts are
difficult for him, Jacob takes his
time. When frustrated, he
smiles.
"Jacob's a very hard worker.
Very polite. He makes our jobs
easy," says Churchill teacher

Next year, Jacob will attend
high school at Kimball in Roy-
al Oak. Currently, he lives in
Oak Park with his mother
Emma, father Izya, 16-year-
old brother Sam, and grand-
mother Adasa.
"We treat him the same as any
other teen-ager," says his moth-
er. "We help him achieve as much
as he can. We encourage him all
of the time. I was happy that he
was at (the Optimist) event. Hap-
py that he did what he did. We
felt very proud." ❑

