Powerful, portable, and readably available handheld computing technology has led to an increase in research investigating the use of such technology as a speechgenerating device (SGD). The results of such research have been favorable and the use of such devices as a SGD has become common practice. However, despite this increased interest in such devices, little research has gone beyond the acquisition of a mand (i.e., requesting) repertoire. The focus of the current investigation sought to expand the preliminary evidence base for the use of devices such as the iPad® as a SGD, by evaluating its use on the acquisition of intraverbal responding in school aged children with autism, using a multiple baseline across responses design. To investigate this two-school aged children were taught using a 5-s time delay with full-physical prompts to respond to an intraverbal statement regarding personal information, using the iPad® and application Proloqu2Go™ as a SGD. The results of the study were favorable, as both children acquired the ability to respond to three different intraverbal statements. The results offer additional support to the use of the iPad® as a SGD for individuals with autism.According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) an individual diagnosed with autism must exhibit impairments (excesses or deficits) in social communication and interaction (American Psychiatric Association 2013). In fact, it has been estimated 76 % of individuals diagnosed with autism will not develop fluent speech and 30 % will fail to develop any vocal output (Wodka et al. 2013). For such J Dev Phys Disabil
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