After the age of 18 support and education for autistic people are limited and in some cases non-existent. Brandon Visciano my 18 year old autistic brother. Brandon may physically be 18 years old, but mentally he is still a young child. More than anything else, Brandon needs to strengthen his communication skills in order to allow myself and others to understand and determine his wants and needs. Brandon also must become independent so that one day he may be able to live on his own. The Brandon Project will be a long trial and error process. I hope to be able to create a successful online portal for education and entertainment.
The Brandon Project will ultimately serve as an educational tool to strengthen Brandon’s communicational skills, potty training, along with entertainment and awareness of everyday options. This project will be a very lengthily process with many changes according to the needs and understanding of Brandon.
In every project there will be setbacks and roadblocks to overcome. In this case some set backs include:
a. Brandon’s capabilities
b. Brandon’s attention span
c. Copyrights, Licenses, Releases
Brandon’s capabilities, attention span, willingness to learn and accept the program are all factors and potential setbacks, which will determine the success of the project.
Since I plan on using music in this project I will have to find out how to buy the rights to use the track on the website for Brandon without infringing or violating some kind of law.
Since I plan on using music in this project I will have to find out how to buy the rights to use the track on the website for Brandon without infringing or violating some kind of law.
I will be spending my time planning and developing a user-friendly educational website to enable my autistic brother to improve his communicational skills, toilet training, provide entertainment options. The communicational skills will consist of simple sign language, pronunciation, and understanding the names of the people in his life. The toilet training will consist of tutorials and questions regarding going to the washroom instead of having accidents on the floor. The entertainment options consist of providing a selection of the places he would like to go, the foods he would like to consume, listening to music and possibly an easy workout video with countless prompting and instruction.
Since this project is going to be very lengthily and time consuming I hope to collaborate with others. I am going to ask friends and family to be apart of the educational experience by being filmed doing simple sign language. It will motivate and interest Brandon to have people he knows in the videos he will be watching and learning from. I will be attending Brandon’s school to better understand the programs he is now using, how he is utilizing them and which catches his interest.
Creating this learning opportunity for Brandon will not only benefit Brandon and the household, it will also benefit society. If Brandon can become Independent enough to be able to one day live on his own he will not have to live in government housing and can be a successful member of the community.
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