Troy (Lyra's daddy) has been bugging me (Lyra's mommy) about buying a Macintosh computer FOREVER. It had become quite comical. I would be working on video/photo editing stuff on our PC and I couldn't do something I wanted to do with them...Troy would jump in with, "You could do that if you had a Mac"...or I'd be complaining about all the spyware on our PC and Troy would quickly reply, "You know what doesn't get spyware...a Mac!" He was ALL ABOUT THE MAC. I had read the posts on the NOAH forum and read the recent article in Albinism Insight about the benefits of Macintosh computers to people with low vision. But me, being the mom and the more practical one, thought Macs were overpriced and that we had much more important things we could spend money on.
Finally...after months of consideration...I gave in. This week, Troy got his Mac. The very first thing he did after getting it all set up, was plop Lyra down on his lap, in front of the monitor, and took her to the Senswitcher website to play.
Before I go any further...let me just remind you all what the title of my last blog post was... "Getting Her Point Across" It was all about Lyra's inability to POINT at things, pictures, people, etc. I know it might sound silly, but this was a BIG DEAL to me...it seemed like such a simple task, but no matter how hard I tried, she just wouldn't point. I think she just CHOSE not to...just to irritate her mother. 
AND THEN!!!
WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT!!!
Daddy puts her in front of the Almighty...Incomparable MAC...
Up pops a picture of a kite on the Senswitcher game, and WHAT does Lyra do?
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She POINTS to the picture!!!
My jaw dropped and my eyes popped out of my head!
Then what does daddy say...
"Seeeeee............Macs ARE better!"
Lyra had made his case for him.
P.S. I DID actually happen to have the camera in my hand. I wanted to take a picture of Lyra in front of the Mac to go along with a post on Lyra's website about technology for children with low vision. I didn't expect the pointing surprise.