Just as I'm about the get the phone call from Dad's speech therapist that forebodes speech therapy being cancelled for good (the therapist is out of the office until Tuesday), we decided to get Dad a Nexus tablet to use. The computer had become too cumbersome and complicated for Dad. The few times he tried using it, he was ok, until left alone with it. Then, all of a sudden he would click the wrong button, not figure out what to do and walk away frustrated. But a tablet....well PJ and I both have one and Dad has done well using ours in the past. Mine is only a 7 inch one though, too small for Dad. So we got him the bigger one like PJ's.
It got delivered last week, a day earlier than expected, the result being I didn't have time to warn them of a delivery to the house. When I got home the look of excitement on Dad's face was priceless. He knew it was for him. he had taken it out of the box and was holding it on his lap.
We set it up with a larger font, made the applications we think he's going to use as prevalent on the screen as possible and re-introduced him to Google Maps. I think, with the exception of taking breaks to watch episodes of Breaking Bad (which we have been binge, Mom and Dad love it), Dad was on that tablet all weekend long. He seems to have really gotten the hang of it too! PJ even set him up with a Facebook account. I set him up with a Google + account. If you are so inclined, check him out on either of those social media outlets, follow him, friend him, drop a note and say hi to him. He may not post things right now, preferring to get the hang of it first, but he definitely reads the news feeds of what is going on in the lives of the people he knows. Technology can be a wonderful thing, especially when miles separate.
It got delivered last week, a day earlier than expected, the result being I didn't have time to warn them of a delivery to the house. When I got home the look of excitement on Dad's face was priceless. He knew it was for him. he had taken it out of the box and was holding it on his lap.
We set it up with a larger font, made the applications we think he's going to use as prevalent on the screen as possible and re-introduced him to Google Maps. I think, with the exception of taking breaks to watch episodes of Breaking Bad (which we have been binge, Mom and Dad love it), Dad was on that tablet all weekend long. He seems to have really gotten the hang of it too! PJ even set him up with a Facebook account. I set him up with a Google + account. If you are so inclined, check him out on either of those social media outlets, follow him, friend him, drop a note and say hi to him. He may not post things right now, preferring to get the hang of it first, but he definitely reads the news feeds of what is going on in the lives of the people he knows. Technology can be a wonderful thing, especially when miles separate.
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