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Amanda: yeah so that is something you kind of do together<br />

Mary: yeah<br />

Amanda: do you ever do Facebook when you are on your own<br />

Mary: ‘no’ (shaking head)<br />

Amanda: no, will you use MSN on your own<br />

Mary: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Amanda: yeah<br />

Mary: easy<br />

Amanda: easy<br />

Mary: than Facebook<br />

Amanda: oh is Facebook a little bit hard<br />

Mary: yeah<br />

Amanda: oh okay can you just tell me what is hard about it ‘cos that’s<br />

interesting. What do you find difficult with Facebook<br />

Mary: (unintelligible, starts typing on VOCA)<br />

Amanda: did you say to read<br />

Mary: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Amanda: ah so to read the things that people have written<br />

Mary: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Amanda: okay, so with MSN you can do that on your own<br />

Mary: yeah<br />

Amanda: and you find you can read<br />

Mary: yeah<br />

Amanda: the comments ‘cos they’re small<br />

Mary: easy<br />

Amanda: they’re easy to read but sometimes on Facebook it’s more<br />

complicated the writing<br />

Mary: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Amanda: and then it is difficult<br />

Mary: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Amanda: you said you used Facebook at home<br />

Olivia: yeah (coughs)<br />

Amanda: you okay?<br />

Olivia: yeah<br />

Amanda: so can you tell me about how you do that<br />

Olivia: “my carer”<br />

Amanda: so you do it with your ca….oops (realising Olivia is still composing<br />

her message)<br />

Olivia: “writes what I want to say”<br />

Amanda: your carer writes what you want to say. Oh that’s interesting<br />

SLT: So does (name of personal assistant) help you use Facebook<br />

Carol: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Amanda: and when you are at home, your mum?<br />

Carol: ‘yes’ (nods head)<br />

Faith: “when I at home I use the computer with help from my mum”<br />

(pause) “I use the computer at home to go on Facebook”<br />

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