AAC and ABCs

It happened just like that Fault in Our Stars  quote my family loves to make fun of. Very slowly, and then all at once.  I can't reme...

Elanor has had her talker for over a year now. For the better part of that year she could hardly make sounds, let alone words. Things are ve...

We had our first Mommy and Me Ballet today. Much fun was had by all--well, mostly by Elanor. That girl loves her some dancing. Somewher...

A couple of weeks ago, Elanor (we?) had her/our first anniversary with the private speech therapist. I bought the therapist a card and some ...

I come across a lot of parents of non-verbal or minimally verbal children now who are considering using Sign Language as their main form o...

In the speech therapist's office this week I met a woman with one of the cutest little girls I had ever seen. This little girl had blond...

Tantrums. "Challenging" and even violent behavior. Shutting down to the point of complete withdrawal. These behaviors are consider...