Jared Armstrong just completed another season as a field manager at Lafayette Woods Ballpark near his hometown of Houma, Louisiana. He made his usual pre-game rounds to see that the field was ready, and the players and coaches had the equipment they needed, just as he's been doing since he started the job in the summer of 1999 after his graduation from Ellender Memorial High School. But this year, Jared had a new helper—his DynaWrite communication device. The DynaWrite gives Jared a quick and easy way to tell co-workers what they need to know. Because of his cerebral palsy, Jared, 25, is unable to speak in his own voice and moves about in a wheelchair. The condition also limits his fine motor skills, so he often uses the DynaWrite's abbreviation expansion feature, which allows him to create and program messages with just a few keystrokes. With a single keystroke, he can deliver each message. "The more I use it, the faster I get with it," Jared said of the DynaWrite, which the Louisiana Rehabilitation Service purchased for him in January 2003 to help him continue to work. Jared also works for the Salvation Army during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The DynaWrite helps Jared in his efforts to find steady employment. To prepare for conversations with prospective employers, he programmed his current job responsibilities, as well as autobiographical information and simple phrases such as "Good Morning" into the device using its file manager and abbreviation expansion. Outside of his job-related pursuits, Jared remains industrious. He's a member the Houma Volunteer Fire Company and People First, a self-advocacy group for adults with physical and mental challenges. He participates in Special Olympics and is a huge baseball fan. The people in Jared's life have a lot to do with his positive attitude and the many enjoyable opportunities that have come his way. "My family and friends support me a great deal. They help me to be more independent," Jared said. "I am blessed with a wonderful mother, father, brother, sister-in-law and nephew who think a lot of me. And I have three wonderful personal care attendants." Jared also is blessed with enthusiasm. "Just because I am handicapped, it doesn't stop me from doing the things that 'normal' people do," he said.