Break It Down Tech Tools for Task Analysis
Tech Tools for Task Analysis How do we teach our children independence? How do we define “independence”? Independence is usually defined differently by each parent based on their child’s abilities...
Parenting
Disabilities Shouldn’t Define Individuals Awareness and Dialogue Promote Acceptance
Disabilities Shouldn’t Define Individuals “That boy is scary!” proclaimed the hearing “tween” to her friends at the signing Santa Christmas party. She didn’t know I could hear her, and had...
Untruths My School District Told Me
Untruths My School District Told Me As a speech-language pathologist who has specialized in AAC for several decades there are some things that I hear over and over again; even...
Independence and Self-Advocacy
Independence and Self-Advocacy Many years ago, I read a book by Jennie McCarthy. It was about her son and his journey with autism. Throughout the book, she referenced that her...
What Is Blindness/Visual Impairment?
What is Blindness/Visual Impairment? -Blindness: Complete or nearly complete vision loss Many people regard blindness as the inability to see at all or to discern light from darkness – Legally...
Avoiding the Power Struggles with Your Child
Avoiding the Power Struggles Here is a scenario that I am sure every parent can relate to at some point in parenthood. Your child behaves in a way that tests...
Hunter Syndrome: A Focus on Rare and Unique Disease
Hunter Syndrome From personality to appearance, every child is unique. Most characteristics are passed down to children from their parents’ DNA. If there is an error in this DNA, genetic...
Mommy’s Timeout: Beautiful Trees
Take a time out and use visualization meditation to relax. Imagine yourself enjoying the light and beauty amongst these trees. Take a couple of deep breaths and begin to...
8 Ways to be a Great Advocate For Your Family Member With Special Needs
8 Ways to be a Great Advocate For most families, the journey of taking care of a family member with special needs is “a marathon, not a sprint”. The emphasis...
The Dawning of a Bright Future
The Dawning of a Bright Future It was June 14th and the last day of middle school had arrived. The energy in the halls was electric and the students were...
