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Meet Maddie

Fifteen-year-old Maddie Chan lives life enthusiastically despite microcephaly and cerebral palsy. Affectionate and outgoing, she is eager to learn and very interested in interacting with others. She attends junior high in a self-contained, special education classroom in Chandler, Arizona, where she lives with her mother Patty, father Scott, and older brother Morgan.

Maddie is a highly successful emergent communicator with her PRC SpringBoard Lite, using it to express her feelings, communicate her physical needs, interact socially with others, and share her sense of humor. Her SpringBoard Lite empowers her to communicate to her fullest potential.