Tag: nonverbal
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Autism In The Community: When RFK Jr Talks His Way Into Autism Awareness Month, This Is What I Think You Should Know
Perhaps you’ve heard something about RFK Jr’s comments about autism recently, or you listened to it. Or you saw his follow up comments to Fox News that were posted on his Instagram. Hot off of paying our taxes all by myself as I have for more than 2 decades, deciding whether or not to file…
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“Slow and Steady…”
As you read this, I want you to envision if this were your reality, how the world would feel, how you would act. Imagine even something so common as foam soap could make you gag and vomit if it touched your skin, and that most everything that touched your skin caused pain no matter how…
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Celebrating 2 Years of Telehealth Speech Therapy Being More Successful Than The In Person Sessions 🙂
Tony has always, always hated speech therapy. For many years this was his least favorite therapy type, as every speech therapist who has ever worked with him can attest. Our little man understands a great deal more than most people realize (in both English and Spanish), but he still usually doesn’t want to communicate unless…
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Our Current In-Home ABA Programs: A Brief Overview
Currently, our ABA programs are focused on skills that are being both practiced inside and outside of the home. This week, I am going to give a brief overview of the in-home therapy programs. Although everything we are working on matters, the bulk of our time is spent working on skills necessary for Tony to…
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“Music” Review
Written by Hannah I forget where I heard about it… Somewhere, a few months ago, I heard that the Australian pop star Sia was screenwriting and directing a film called “Music”. The film was supposedly about an autistic teenage girl who had to be taken care of by her sister after her grandmother passed from…
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March Gratitude & Some Reading
To Hannah My sweet daughter, my love has been, is, and always will be yours without any need to do anything, much less something that would necessitate a gratitude note. But I know I owe you a note all the same. For holding my hand in the middle of the night on the way to…
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Speech Device Update: Denial Received & Initial Response
Today, Andy and I took turns waiting at home to sign for a letter from the department of the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities that handles applications for speech devices regarding their ultimate decision on the recommendations of the AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) evaluator. For those of you new to this blog, I will…
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Tony’s Halloween
Hey guys! Happy (late) Halloween!!! I hope you enjoyed your holiday and weren’t driven insane by trick-or-treaters pestering you for candy. Although there are a few different ways to celebrate Halloween, many people celebrate by: Going trick-or-treating or taking their kids trick-or-treating Going to Halloween parties Watching a Halloween movie Dressing up Handing out candy…