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Assistive Tech > Hardware
AAC Devices and Apps: How to Choose Speech-Generating Technology
...vendor claims their solution is essential for your child's communication development. The price spread creates decision paralysis. The marketing materials...The trade-off isn't quality of communication. Both can deliver the same vocabulary, the same voice...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Best Apps for Children with Autism: Sorted by Skill Area
...different purposes: communication, social skill development, emotional regulation, academic learning. Searching...parents expect. It is organized around a core vocabulary system: a relatively small set of high-frequency...pathologist who can customize and expand the vocabulary as the child grows matters more than price. Social...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day – TouchChat
Wynsum Arts presents TouchChat, a customizable AAC app aiding varied communication needs with vocabulary development and cloud storage.
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
...technology controlled by the user. Vocabulary presented in images, words or phrases...text-based messages. Ready-to-use vocabulary reduces programming demands. Device...their hands may scan and select vocabulary by activating switches with their...Using AAC does not preclude speech development–and may actually encourage it. It...
Education > Tutoring
The Voice of Success For Your Child
...technology controlled by the user. Vocabulary presented in images, words or phrases...text-based messages. Ready-to-use vocabulary reduces programming demands. Device...their hands may scan and select vocabulary by activating switches with their...of AAC does not preclude speech development, and may encourage it. It may be...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: ClickySticky
...Sticky has also been used for building language skills in children with developmental delays. This app is more than just placing stickers. Completed scenes...sound effects, which keep kids entertained and are wonderful for learning vocabulary. Each sticker can be changed in size or rotated to fit the scene. To...
Education > Early Intervention
Early Intervention at Home
...Early intervention is key to helping prevent or lessen the symptoms of developmental disabilities, such as autism. Early intervention can help children reach...games and learning educational concepts. Use functional and appropriate vocabulary. Make a list of words you want your child to know, and start with short...
Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...compensates for the disability until it doesn't. A fifth grader with dyslexia and advanced verbal skills can often decode meaning through context and vocabulary knowledge, performing at grade level in reading despite never learning to decode fluently. Their teachers see an average reader. The student...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Transition to Adult Care in Spina Bifida: Why Planning Starts at 14 Not 18
...active self-management skills and because four years is the realistic timeline for gradual skill transfer. At 14, your teen can start learning the vocabulary of their own diagnosis. What level of spina bifida they have. What their shunt does and why it matters. The names of their medications and what each...
News > Advocacy
How to Be Your Child's Best Advocate: A Complete Guide to Special Needs Advocacy
...feel overwhelming. You're suddenly navigating IEPs, therapies, medical appointments, and insurance authorizations, all while trying to understand a vocabulary you never asked to learn. But here's what many parents don't realize at the start: you already have everything you need to be an effective advocate....
Global Insights > Culture
Understanding Disability Culture: Identity, Community, and Pride for Families New to the Conversation
...Someone mentions Disability Pride Month, and you wonder: pride in what? You thought the goal was acceptance, maybe inclusion. Now there's a whole vocabulary you don't recognize, and you're not sure what shifted or when. This isn't a failure of understanding. It's a collision of frameworks. The awareness...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Setting Up a Voice-Controlled Smart Home for Autism Independence
...in the same routine that smart home technology is meant to make frictionless. Buy one platform's devices throughout the home and keep the command vocabulary consistent. Start With Lighting, Then Build Routines. Smart lighting is the most immediately useful entry point for autistic users. The ability to...