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1 Crea%ng a Bridge for Success: Building Apps Into Workplace Supports The current technology is changing rapidly. I can’t keep up with the current iPhone IOS number. Even in the last 5 years, technology has really “improved”. Its integration into our daily lives to make life “easier” and more efficient is really amazing. SO we will talk about how we can use technology to support people at work, and also share ideas for low tech ways to support………
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Crea%ngaBridgeforSuccess:BuildingAppsIntoWorkplaceSupports
Thecurrenttechnologyischangingrapidly.Ican’tkeepupwiththecurrentiPhoneIOSnumber.Eveninthelast5years,technologyhasreally“improved”.Itsintegrationintoourdailylivestomakelife“easier”andmoreefficientisreallyamazing.SOwewilltalkabouthowwecanusetechnologytosupportpeopleatwork,andalsoshareideasforlowtechwaystosupport………
TODAY’S AGENDA
How can we support people to find and keep jobs?How can AT Help?AT & Finding a JobAT & Learning a JobAT & Keeping a Job
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Let’stakealookatwhatwearegoingtocovertoday.Firstwewillexplainausefulmodelforthinkingabouttechnologyasaemploymentsupport.Thenwewilllookatsomeoftheappsthatcanhelppeoplewithfinding,learningandkeepingajob.
What Is Assistive Technology?
•Assistivetechnology(AT)isanyitem,pieceofequipment,softwareprogram,orproductsystemthatisusedtoincrease,maintain,orimprovethefunctionalcapabilitiesofpersonswithdisabilities.
http://www.atia.org/at-resources/what-is-at/
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TherearedifferentlevelsofATlowtecharethingslikeamagnifier,largeprinttext,acanorwalker,autensilholder,asimplecommunicationboardMediumTechareHightecharesmartphonewithapps,atablet,
What Is Assistive Technology?
•ATcanbe:• Low-tech•High-tech•Hardware•Computerhardware•Computersoftware• Inclusiveorspecializedlearningmaterialsandaids•Specializedsoftware•Much,muchmore
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WhatAtareyouusingtosupportfolksatwork?HighTech?Lowtech?
ATcanbelow-tech:communicationboardsmadeofcardboardorfuzzyfelt.ATcanbehigh-tech:special-purposecomputers.ATcanbehardware:prosthetics,mountingsystems,andpositioningdevices.ATcanbecomputerhardware:specialswitches,keyboards,andpointingdevices.ATcanbecomputersoftware:screenreadersandcommunicationprograms.ATcanbeinclusiveorspecializedlearningmaterialsandcurriculumaids.ATcanbespecializedsoftware.LikeKurzweil,ATcanbemuchmore—electronicdevices,wheelchairs,walkers,braces,educationalsoftware,powerlifts,pencilholders,eye-gazeandheadtrackers,andmuchmore.
CommonReasonsforJobLoss...
• Abusingbreaktimes• Callingoffwork• Cominglate,leavingearly• Toomuchtalk,notenoughwork• Wandering• Inappropriatetouch• Lying/passingthebuck• Losingtemper/yelling• Notgettingthe"workculture”• Hygiene
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HereisourTopTenreasonspeoplewithdisabilitieslosetheirJobsandtheyhavenothingtodowithjobskills!Technologycanhelpwithallofthis.Forexample,socialstoriesabouthygiene,timerstohelppeoplestayontask
Executive Functioning
Activation/PlanningOrganizingPrioritizing
GettingtoWork
FocusSustainingFocus
AlertnessSustainingEffort
EmotionsManageFrustrationsModulatingEmotions
MemoryUtilizingWorking
Memory
Self-MonitoringMonitoringand
RegulatingActions
FlexibilityShiftingAttentionShiftingTasks
Executive Functioning
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Oneofthemostcommonreasonsforjoblossisaneedforsupportwithexecutivefunctioningskills.Refertoyourhandout
AccordingtotheCenteroftheDevelopingChildatHarvardUniversity“executivefunctionandself-regulationskillsarethementalprocessesthatenableustoplan,focusattention,rememberinstructionsandjugglemultipletaskssuccessfully.”
Ifthereareproblemswithexecutivefunctioningapersonmustdevoteextratimeandefforttomanagetheseskillsandthiscanreducetheircapacityfor“higherlevel”thinking.
Theseskillsallowustofinishourworkontime,askforhelpwhenneeded,waittospeakuntilwe'recalledonandseekmoreinformation.Problemswithexecutivefunctionmaybemanifestedwhenaperson:hasdifficultyplanningaprojecthastroublecomprehendinghowmuchtimeaprojectwilltaketocompletestrugglestotellastory(verballyorinwriting);hastroublecommunicatingdetailsinanorganized,sequentialmannerhasdifficultywiththementalstrategiesinvolvedinmemorizationandretrievinginformationfrommemoryhastroubleinitiatingactivitiesortasks,orgeneratingideasindependentlyhasdifficultyretaininginformationwhiledoingsomethingwithit;e.g.,rememberingaphonenumberwhiledialing.Theseareskillsthatareimportanttobeingsuccessfulatwork.Assistivetechnologycanhelppeoplewhoneedextrasupportintheseareas..Wehavegivenyouahandoutthatgoesmoreindepth.Let’slookfirstathowATcanhelppeoplefindjobs.
FindingaJob
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• HireDisabilitySolutions• CareerBuilder• LinkedIn• Indeed• Snag-a-job• PathSourceCareer&JobSearch
• CareerIndexPlus
Whenitcomestofindingajob,hereisalistofsomeoftheusefulresourcesforhelpingfolksfindwork.
HIREDSSnag-a-Job
Career Builder
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CareerIndexplusisoutoftheDOLandO*NET.Itisagreatwaytofindjobsinyourzipcodeandtohelpindividualsfigureoutwhattheyareinterestedindoingandwhatjobsthereareintheirareasofinterest.Tellswages,qualifications,workenvironmentsregisterforsite,putinkeywords,putinzipcodeandgo!scrolldowntothebottomofthepagetoseejoblistings
Low Tech – Finding a Job - Bubbl.us
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Forlowtechwaysgatheringinformationaboutthepersontohelpthemfindajob.Doonline,useanapporusechartpaperandmarkers.
Hereisaquickwaytodoamindmapforfindingajobforsomeoneinterestedinthefashionindustry.Lotsoftemplatesonlinethatarefree.Googlemindmap.
Afterbrainstormingyoucoulddrivearoundtodoaneighborhoodmaptolookingattheplaceapersonlivesandassessingthelabormarketthatrelatestotheirinterests.Orusesomeofthetoolswejustdiscussed.Youcandothesamethingonpaper.
My Preferences
Personal ProfileThe People in My Life
How I Communicate My Health,
Safety, Rights and Wellness
My Budget
Places I Go
My Roles
Obstacles/ Opportunities
My Vision for The Future
My Dreams/WorriesMy Gifts & Talents
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anotherlowtechwaytolearnmoreaboutapersontohelpthemfigureoutwhattheywanttodoforworkisapersonalprofile.Whatisapersoninterestedin?Whataretheirsupportneeds?Whataretheirstrengths?
Preferences?WorkinAmorPM?Outsideorinside?withpeopleornot?
demonstrateAppcalledKnowMecommunicatingpersonhood
FindingaJob
• WritingaResume• QuickResume• Picture/VideoResume
• Interviewing• Jobinterviewquestions&advice• Followup
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Hereisalistofresourcesthatcanbeusedtocreateresumesandtopracticejobinterviewskills
Finding a Job
ResumeReadyLite
QuickResume
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Herearesomeappsyoucanusetohelppeoplewritearesume.Manyofthecareerexplorationwebsitesalsocontainaresumewritertool.ResumeReadyLiteisAndroidQuickResumeisAppleRememberthatalotofthejobsearchappsandwebsiteshavearesumewritingtoolintegratedintothem.
FindingaJob
JobInterviewQuestionsApp-Simugator
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HRinterviewisAndroid-FreeJustoneofmanyappsavailablearoundinterviewing.JobInterviewQuestionsApple
Low Tech - Ways to Teach Job Interviews
• Setupmockinterviews–(preferablywithsomeonewhodoesnotknowtheindividual,orbetteryetanemployer
• Researchsampleinterviewquestions:Practice,Practice,Practice
• Createpictureorvideoresume/portfolios
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Setupinterviewwithapersontheydon’tknowVideotapethemockinterviewtogivefeedbacktotheperson.FindalistofinterviewquestionsonlinelikemonsterormanyappsfordevicesAftercreatingthePicture/videoresumepracticewithindividualonhowtopresentataninterview.
FindingaJob:FollowUp
ThankYouCardAndroid
ThankYouPro-MailApple
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Aquickthankyouemailthesameday-Thenagain1weekafterAndofcourse,youcanalwaysbuythankyoucardsatthestoreandsendviasnailmail.Actually,withalltheemailpeoplegetthesedays,thepersonaltouchmakesanimpactontheemployer.
AndroidappcanbesentbyemailortextApplecanbesentbyemailforfreeorsnailmailforafee.
LearningaJob
• PictureSchedules• Videomodeling• TaskSequencing&Planning• TimeManagement• Communication
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Hereisalistofstrategiestohelppeoplelearntheirjobs
[email protected]&[email protected]
PictureScheduler
6/2/2017
$2.99
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Howmanyofyouhaveusedpictureschedules?Howhaveyouusedthem?
Cost$2.99iphone,NoAndroid-UniversaliPhone/iPod/iPadappalsocanusetomakesocialstories➤ Creatingvisualtaskswithattachedaudio,videoorpicture(canusepicturesmadewithskitch)➤ Eachnewcreatedtaskisbackedupintoarchiveforlaterreuse➤ Taskscanhavealarms.Therearefivesystemsoundstochoosefrom➤ Alarmscanberepeateddaily,weekly,monthlyoryoucanselectspecificweekdays➤ Taskscanbeorganizedintocategories.Eachcategorycanhavepictureattached➤ Oncethetaskisdone,youcanhideitandreveallater➤ Youcanoptionallyseton"Fullscreen"mode.Picturewillgofullscreenwhileplayingatask➤ VideofilesareimportedtodeviceviaiTunesfilesharingfeature➤ Export&Importfeature-exporttaskorthewholecategoryandimportittootherdevices➤ WirelessWiFisharing-shareyourcategoriesortaskswirelesslytootherdevicesNotfree$2.99
Low Tech- Picture Schedule
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Makebreakfast Eatbreakfast
Brushteeth Takebustowork
Startworking Takebushome
HereisaLowtechversion.Grabpicturesofftheinternet.FLICKR,Googleimages,Bingthereareplentyoffreeplacestogetpictures.UsePowerPointorWordtocreatetheschedule.Ifyouhaveaccesstoalaminatoritwillmaketheschedulelastalongtime,howeverifitneedstoberevisedyouwillhavetostartfromscratch.
Picture Scheduler
FirstThenPictureScheduler
PictureRoutines
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FirstThenPictureSchedulerAppleforiPhoneandiPadCLICKONTHELINKTOSHOWTHESLIDESHOW.Itincludeschecklists,youcanemailtoothers,setuproutines,goodfortransitiontimes,bestpartisthefirstyoudothisthenyoucandothis.PictureRoutines_GoogleApp
VideoModeling
UseYourPhoneoriPad!
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UseyourphoneoriPadcameratomakesocialstories,example,inappropriatetouching………..Example:onceworkedwithaconsumerwhowasobsessedwithredhair,alwayshadtotouchco-workershairwhenhewalkedbyhercubicle.
Video Modeling
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Moviemaker–apple:savesmoviecliptothecameraroll.
ALSOAVAILABLEFORIPHONE
vivaVideo-Google
Video Modeling Example
BetsyTaskAnalysis
https://youtu.be/5-0wMNCwlhI?list=PLrbAiaHoPwqXZIGlMJRpkY8TXzZzmkZSG
Betsy’sTaskAnalysis
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Anotherstrategyforhelpingsomeonelearnajobiswithtaskanalysis.Onceyou’veidentifiedthesteps,youcanTakethevideowithyourphone,andthenusemoviemakerfreeapp.onyourcomputerorphonetomakeitstepbystepanalysisofatask.Youcouldalsodoitinyoutubeandcaptionit.HereisanexampleofonethatJackiemade
Task Sequencing: Android
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AnAndroidapptheissimilartoSkitch.Itisfree
Evernote
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AnotherwaytosetupatasksequenceiswithEvernote.ItalsodoesTimeManagement,ShareDocuments,andmore……AvailableinbothAppleandAndroid
ShowtasksequenceandtimemanagementofMISHADOUBLETAP
[email protected]&[email protected]
TaskSequencing
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Skitchletsyoucommunicateimportantideasinaninstant.Snapaphoto,markitup,andsenditon.Makeyourmessageclearwitharrows,stamps,text,shapes,andmore.Makeapicturetasklisttooinanotebookifnotonanothersoftware.FreeandavailableinbothAppleandAndroidIOS10nowhascapabilityofmarkinguppicturesintheeditfunction.
Low Tech - Task Sequencing & Planning
• Getready• Do• Done• Getdone
KristenJacobsen&SarahWard360Thinking–CognitiveConnectionsLLPwww.efpractice.com
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Forfolkswithorganization,prioritization,gettingstartedneeds,thisisahelpfullowtechstrategy.Therearedifferentwaysthatyoucandothis.Hereisanexampleofhowitwasusedforarealjob.
Credittowww.efpractice.comSarahWard
Low Tech – Task Sequencing & Planning - Example
KristenJacobsen&SarahWard360Thinking–CognitiveConnectionsLLPwww.efpractice.com 27
CredittoSarahWard-www.efpractice.com
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Grammerly
https://www.grammarly.com
Grammarlyisanappandawebsitethathelpsyouwritewithcorrectgrammarandspelling,enhancesclarityandmeaning,
TimeManagement
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Usetheremindersfunctiononyoursmartphoneortablet.AlsoRemembertousethealarmfunctionorthestopwatchorthetimer.Forexampleifsomeonegoesonabreakandhasaproblemknowingwhentoreturntoworkyoucouldsetanalarmoratimer.
HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT?$4.99
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TimeManagement
AppleSetwithOptions:customizeandsavetimersforcommonroutines,oranysituation.Optionsincludea“60Minutes”format,inwhichthediskisalwaysafractionof60min.andoperatesliketheoriginalTimeTimer
$.99
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TalkingClockforiPhone
TimeManagement
TalkingClockforiPhoneItisquitesimplyaspeakingclock,whichcanbeusedineverydaylife.Itisvisuallyattractive,polishedandcleardisplay,withananimatedflipclockfunction.Theapplicationannounces,withanaturalspokenvoice,thecurrenttimeinvaryingintervalsfrom1minuteto1hour
FREE
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Timewinder-intervaltimer
TimeManagement
Timewinderisahighly-customizable,social,intervaltimerandtaskmanagertohelpyougetstuffdone.
Start Work
Check work
Time Management
Finish Work
Low Tech
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Gobuyacheapclockanduseamagicmarker.Takeapictureofaclockprintitoutandmarkthestart,checkworkandfinishand
ToDoListsSimplestChecklistAndroid
AnyDO-Apple
Free
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AppleAny-dotodolistandAndroidSimplestchecklist-rememberthatsomefolksmightneedmorethanwords.Alowtechversionofachecklistcanbejustwrittenonapieceofpaperlaminatedetc.
Communication
Free
Free
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DragonisavailableonbothiPadandAndroid.Text,facetime,skype,instantmessage,programsthatsyncacrossdevicescancommunicatechangestobothusersUseoftexttospeech,orspeechtotext.Useaccessibilityfeaturesofdevice.ChoiceBoardcreatorallowsyouusepicturesandtexttocreatechoicesforapersontomakethroughouttheworkroutine.
Hi Tech - Communication
https://youtu.be/v9yTF6PqoJg
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Communication – Pro Deaf
Free
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GototheappREMEMBERTOHOLDTHEBUTTONDOWN
Low Tech Communication Board
FREE
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Clickonpicforhyperlinkhttp://do2learn.com/picturecards/printcards/tech.htm
Very Low Tech Communication
Free
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Low Tech – Communication and Task Sequencing
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Laminatecardstockandputthemonakeyring.PassaroundShowexample
KeepingaJob
SelfManagementSocialSkillsTransportation
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We’vealreadytalkedalotaboutself-managementskills.Timemanagement,planning,etcButanothermajorreasonwhypeoplemaylosetheirjobsissocialskillsandtransportationissues.
KeepingaJobSocialStories
VideoEditorAndroid
iPhone
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Onewaytosupportpeopleespecially(particularlythosewithASD)teachingself-managementskillsthroughsocialstories.Withthisappyoucancreateanelectronicstorybook..Videoeditorforandroidontherightcanbeusedtocreateasocialstoryusingpicturesandtext.
Neisha Working at YESCinema
LowTech-SocialStory
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SocialSkillsareoftenbesttaughtusingsocialstories,andmanyoftheotheritemswelisted,appearance,appropriatecommunication,takinginitiativeandsooncanalsobeaddressed.
Greetingpeopleinanacceptableway.RemembertoletpeoplecontinuetheirworkRemembertoknockonadoorTomaintaineyecontact
Riding City Bus to Work
10:35 Walktobusstopat25th&Home AvenueoncornerinfrontofSubway
Wait by this pole at curb for bus
Neisha rides the city bus to work like other adults in Columbus.
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Getting on the bus10:45NeishagetsonRoute1atSubwaycorner.Neishawalksupthestairsinthebusandsitsdown.Neishasitsbyawindowontheleftsideofthebus.
Route 1 sign above front window
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Getting OFF the bus• Gettingoffthebuscanbetricky.Neishawillhavestafftohelpher.Whenthebuspassesthebankwith“hats”onthetop,Neishapullstheyellowstringtostopthebus.Thebuswillletheroffat4thandWashingtonbyTheCommons
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Going into YES
NeishawillsayhellotoMissDianeandMr.Don.Shewillaskwhichtheatersheshouldcleantoday.
Neishawillstayfocusedonwhysheisthere.Neishawillleavethepapersandflyersonthetablesforcustomerstopickup.
Neisha go in one of the front doors to YES!
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Social Skills: Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
• Communication• Enthusiasm&Attitude• Teamwork• Networking• ProblemSolving&CriticalThinking• Professionalism• Teamwork
https://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/48
DepartmentofLaborCurriculumtoassistpeoplewithdisabilitiestolearnthesoftskillsassociatedwithemploymentsuccess.
Role Play & Practice for Social Skills
VCU-RTTC
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SocialskillsforsomeonewithASDcanbechallengingonthejob.Herearesomeexamplesofwaystoroleplaywiththeemployee,aroundspecificchallengesthatmayoccuronthejob.Practicingonoroffsite.
Emotionsrelaxstrategiestoavoidanger.
Calendars – Attendance & Planning
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Tosupportindividualswithgettingtoworkontimeandaccordingtotheirscheduleyoucanusethephoneoripad/tabletcalendarapporyoucancreateorpurchaseapapercalendarorplanner.
KeepingaJobTransportation⇨Uber,LYFT&GoogleMaps
⇨RideSharing
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Attendanceissuesareoftenbecauseoftransportation.Uber,GoogleMapsforwalking,Manytransittrackersbutnotinallplacesyet.-Checkyourlocalresources
Keeping a Job - Transportation⇨VentraApp
⇨TransitStop
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Showtransitstopapp.Manylocalcommunitieshaveinteractivebusroutemapsthattelltheexactarrivalanddeparturetimes.VentraisanappforChicagotransitauthority.TransitStopisanbusandtrainarrivaltime.BothavailableoniPhoneandAndroid.
What's New & Exciting?https://vimeo.com/102241400Talkitt
Be My Eyes http://bemyeyes.com
What’sNew&ExcitinginAT?
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3DPrinting
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WHATWOULDYOUDO?
Questions? Comments?
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