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What I Wouldn't Give For Eye Contact
I’d give anything for a glance in my direction. I ache for it. All my other children will look into my eyes when I speak to them, but he won’t. It’s not by choice; he just can’t do it. Alth… -
Dealing With Constant Vocalization
While the phrase constant vocalization seems to say it all...it really only scratches the surface.. Over the last 10 months I have been driving all over the country to take my son Christopher to see his favorite arti… -
Martin Shares that he Threw a Fit
Martin told me all about the fit he threw on his field trip. His class visited Walmart to learn about buying things in stores. (I guess they also could have learned about oppressive wages and outrageous pricing tactics,… -
Echo Echolalia: "That's a house"
Pudding has a new script as we drive in the car. She looks out of the window at the buildings. When she sees a house, she repeats: That’s a house, and you remember this house. And then we pass another house,… -
Perceptions in Communication
Ok, I'm going to be brutally honest here and set myself up for quite a lot of potential judgement, but it might be worth it if in the long run I can help someone else sort this out. First, let me tell you where I'm c… -
Gears are turning
Things are happening. Sentences are flowing, open-ended questions are being answered, I can see the gears turning in Ryan's head. Before I can tell you the next part, I have to introduce a new character. Ryan has a n… -
Superior Forms of Communication
Looking for an excellent guide to the "hidden curriculum" of law firms and law careers? Kimm Alayne Walton's book What Law School Doesn't Teach You...But You Really Need to Know fills the bill. For example, on page… -
Annual IEP
Ryan's annual IEP* review is coming up this week. I'm mentally preparing to sit with all of Ryan's teachers and therapists and the relevant folks from the Board of Education to talk about Ryan's progress and what he ne… -
Is what you say, what they hear?
I’ve noticed for quite some time how my children often repeat what they hear in a movie or television show but what they say isn’t an exactly copy. For example, in the Cars movie, one character says &ld… -
Ipad for Speech Therapy
Dear Friends, My daughter, Sahara, is a pre-verbal six year old kindergartener… she has delays across the board developmentally and academically.Our family is still recovering from a 7 month unemployment situati…
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