April 2, 2016 is World Autism Awareness Day.
Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. GTBank in Nigeria is marking the day with a walk and cycling campaign.
To commemorate the Autism awareness campaign, Apple produced a short film – Dillan’s Voice -showing how technology has helped Dillan, an autistic teen. The film tells Dillan’s story through his own words, typed out on an iPad then spoken out loud via an augmented and alternative communication (AAC) app.
Dillan has been using an iPad as a communication tool for about three years. His use of the technology actually went viral in 2014, after he used his tablet and an AAC app to deliver a moving middle school graduation speech.
Here is the film below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMN2PeFama0
