How to get a free or low cost iPad comes up often as a question in the communication impaired community. I had shared this article often from Wonderbaby, which lists 5, but with a quick search realized there were many more ways and a tremendous amount of grants to choose from than what was listed there. So below…
Pursuit
Late Talkers, Silent Voices
HALF OF THE FUNDS ARE NEEDED BY APRIL 15TH IN ORDER TO SHOOT OUR FILM ABOUT CHRIS ULMER IN MAY. PLEASE DONATE TODAY. 40 Million Americans have a communication disorder – 1 in 12 are school-age children. Millions of kids struggle with expressive, receptive, fluency or voice issues – they struggle to be heard and to…
Communication Impairments Documentary
“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.” ~ James Earl Jones, who most are not aware grew up with and still has a speech impairment Call out to help us share a voice for the families that deal with communication impairments with a historic documentary. Even…
Parent Friendly Soft Signs
“Boy do I wish I knew this is what he had when he was screaming and people were looking at me like “what are you doing to that poor child” Soft Signs Typically we are seeing mild soft signs in children with apraxia. The average parent or even pediatrician can’t always spot them, why either…
Late Talker Handout
Is Your Child A Late Talker? · Are they quiet? · Seem shy? · Not talking like their peers? · Allow you or siblings to speak for them? · Do you wonder why? Your baby’s babbling and toddlers first words can be music to your ears. When faced with a child who doesn’t speak or seems to have difficulty with words parents are…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
After The Late Talker book was published, as a mom was pretty excited when we were asked to write this feature cover article for “Contemporary Pediatrics” which is the trade magazine for hundreds of thousands of pediatric medical professionals nationwide! My one coauthor is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician and I was credited for the “guide for parents” The article…
Parent Friendly Signs of Verbal Apraxia
… from a parent Written By Lisa Geng in 2000 My son Tanner was diagnosed with both severe oral as well as verbal apraxia, but each child is different, and some may not go through all the signs that Tanner had, with his severity, and/or some children may have other aspects. Here are the “late…
Teaching Tips For A Speech Impaired Child
“Statistically, more American children suffer long-term life-harm from the process of learning to read than from parental abuse, accidents, and all other childhood diseases and disorders combined. In purely economic terms, reading related difficulties cost our nation more than the war on terrorism, crime, and drugs combined. “We need to reconceptualize what it means to…
Food Changes Gut Bacteria As Quick As A Day
“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~Thomas Edison WE’RE 90% MICROBIAL AND ONLY 10% HUMAN “Now there is hard evidence linking conditions such as autism and depression to the gut’s microbial residents, known as the microbiome. And neuroscientists are taking…
Nutrition Cognition Research Articles
“Food For Thought” “How food affects IQ “A diet, high in fats, sugars, and processed foods in early childhood is associated with a lower IQ at the age of 8, while a diet packed full of vitamins and nutrients may do the opposite, suggests research just published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community…