Grant Blasko
My name is Grant Blasko, and I am 22 years old. Thanks for taking the time to view my website. Here, I have posted lots of information about my life, interests, and hopes for the future. Conversation and connection are my greatest goals, but because I use AAC to communicate, it’s really hard to repeat myself. Hopefully, this site will help others to get to know me, so I can spend more of my time getting to ask others good questions.
In some ways, typing text all the time isn’t so different from how other teens communicate. My movement and attention challenges make it harder for me to coordinate my eyes and hands, and I may need an adult to help with certain things.
Typing to communicate was hard for me just a few years ago. I’ve needed a lot of coaching and personal persistence to get better. Now, my average day is filled with typing to converse with others and complete schoolwork, but I enjoy being out, spending time with friends and new people. Traveling is my ultimate passion. Foreign language translation apps on the iPad have made it possible for me to use AAC effectively even when I don’t speak the language!