reaching a major goal in life

one thing have been plagued by entire life is the extreme sensory issues have got with water.
in the past,had been physicaly forced into baths with shorts on and held in there and shouted to stay in-was in extreme pain from the water.

however,as the years have past,have developed tolerance for water in the lower limb areas as these have the least nerve endings.
have always wanted to go to waterparks/swimming baths and have been held back; not just because of the water issues but also the hearing issues as swimming baths have loud echoing.

greenways intelectual disability hospital had helped self get used to water on limbs using the foot spa and it gave a real taste for water.
so a plan had been set in motion....
upon being discharged from greenways had gone along to the IIIC disability expo in manchester and the disability services lady representing blackpools 'sandcastle' waterpark said the use of a wet suit woud be allowed under the circumstances of mine,yay.

last week,the plan became reality,had gone along to decathalon and bought a 'shortie' wet suit, had also found out theres a swimming pool that can be privately hired in manchester for twelve pound per person for an hour and have booked it,its a good intro into the world of swimming as an adult whose never swum; with severe autism.
have also got a body board to.

have been getting used to being in the water by going in the bath with the wet suit on-

really cant wait to go eventualy go to sandcastle waterpark.

addicted to a ipad sensory app

borrowed a fellow residents ipad the other night,he has the most basic one as its only used for proloquo2go.
staff put on some sensory and AAC apps-all free!!!  and these are..... well theyre just amazing.

was sat playing with one from afternoon/eve till night time,it is serious sensory seeking stuff and woud recommend it to anyone,still cant work out what its called because a google search for the name on the ipad seems to come up with a load of other shit.

anyway,thanks to the power of this laptop webcam and guvcview,had filmed the app in use;as close up as possible,it looks far,far awesome on screen than in this video and woud recommend everyone autistic or not give it a go because several support staff were addicted to it this evening and theyre as non autistic as people can get.
*click here to display video*

 

now,am in need of a bit of help.

does anyone reading this know a bit about these touch screen tablets?

have been desperate for one since proloquo first went into development but am even more so desperate for one now,and have been shown that android has its fair share of AAC and sensory apps to,so am thinking of getting an android cheapy tablet.

one staff however,has been really negative of these android ones; he says unless are able to get the likes of samsungs nexus then its possible will end up getting one with a shit screen.

am not sure what to think...being a newbie to this technology,he is an apple fanboy and has more money than sense [hell,he is a glory hunter and changes his football team when theyre in the dirt quicker than his underpants which says a lot], so fellow autist and non autists.... please help, are the cheaper android tablets perfectly useable?

am liking the nabi-
http://www.ebuyer.com/414190-nabi-2-tablet-pc-nabi2-nv7a-ukhttp://www.ebuyer.com/414190-nabi-2-tablet-pc-nabi2-nv7a-uk
its designed for youngsters and has a thick rubber casing and can take a real battering off toddlers so that comes in handy, but we found a even cheaper one-
http://www.ebuyer.com/407319-sumvision-cyclone-voyager-tablet-pc-cycvoy7
this is a unknown brand one,the specs kickass and the reviews are very positive,coud get one of these and a good protective case maybe.

what does everyone think?


n/b. havent got the money yet,but this is being planned..other people just dont know that yet.

ROMPA update

Have finally managed to order several items from ROMPA this week [they're a big sensory store,we've had a sensory room among other things off them here,plus the NAS day centre that used to go to uses them],have ordered the bear hug vest,and 'rock n fold chair'.
the bear hug vest gives strong pressure and can be worn under clothes,whilst will be able to bring the rock n fold chair anywhere in the car/minibus as its portable.
cant wait for delivery,supposed to be this week.

still waiting to get social workers approval of the padded fibre optic safe room/cabin,and theres something else hes been asked about but cant remember,its due to the backpay that had built up from when the high rate mobility was put back.