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Transition to Adult Care in Spina Bifida: Why Planning Starts at 14 Not 18
Special Needs > Spina Bifida

Transition to Adult Care in Spina Bifida: Why Planning Starts at 14 Not 18

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...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...
How to Be Your Child's Best Advocate: A Complete Guide to Special Needs Advocacy
News > Advocacy

How to Be Your Child's Best Advocate: A Complete Guide to Special Needs Advocacy

By Amelia Harper
...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....
Understanding Disability Culture: Identity, Community, and Pride for Families New to the Conversation
Global Insights > Culture

Understanding Disability Culture: Identity, Community, and Pride for Families New to the Conversation

By Dylan Hayes
...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...
Setting Up a Voice-Controlled Smart Home for Autism Independence
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants

Setting Up a Voice-Controlled Smart Home for Autism Independence

By Sophia Nguyen
...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...
Dedicated Speech-Generating Devices: Comparing AAC Hardware for Nonverbal Users
Assistive Tech > Hardware

Dedicated Speech-Generating Devices: Comparing AAC Hardware for Nonverbal Users

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...manufacturers who developed the vocabulary systems those apps use. The difference...in the hardware built around the vocabulary system, not the vocabulary system...around the vocabulary system, not the vocabulary system itself. Dedicated devices...the LAMP Words for Life and Unity vocabulary systems that many SLPs prefer, and...
Real-Time Captioning for Deaf Students: CART vs. Auto-Captions and What Works
Assistive Tech > Hearing

Real-Time Captioning for Deaf Students: CART vs. Auto-Captions and What Works

By Diana Foster
...speaker, minimal background noise, and standard speech patterns, accuracy can reach 80–85%. In a typical classroom with multiple speakers, specialized vocabulary, accented speech, and ambient noise, accuracy drops further. The gap matters most in the moments that count: a lecture on a technical topic where...
Best Apps for Children with Autism: Sorted by Skill Area
Assistive Tech > Apps

Best Apps for Children with Autism: Sorted by Skill Area

By Henry Peterson
...language differently than most parents expect. It is organized around a core vocabulary system: a relatively small set of high-frequency words that appear on...a trained speech-language pathologist who can customize and expand the vocabulary as the child grows matters more than price. Social Skills Apps. Social...
AAC Apps for Nonverbal Children: A Complete Comparison Guide
Assistive Tech > Apps

AAC Apps for Nonverbal Children: A Complete Comparison Guide

By Emily Roberts
...adoption among speech-language pathologists in the United States. Its vocabulary is organized around core words, a small set of high-frequency terms that...Android or if flexibility across devices is a priority. WordPower is a vocabulary organization system that pairs with TouchChat and earns...
Special Needs App of the Day – TouchChat
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day – TouchChat

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor

Wynsum Arts presents TouchChat, a customizable AAC app aiding varied communication needs with vocabulary development and cloud storage.

Exciting Sale for Disney Learning Apps
Assistive Tech > Apps

Exciting Sale for Disney Learning Apps

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...activities as identifying and extending simple patterns, problem solving, vocabulary awareness, and story comprehension. The app is recommended for children...can assist him with his comedy and juggling acts while they discover new vocabulary words through context and story-based repetition. Learn Chinese:...
Special Needs App of the Day: MyVoice Communication Aid
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: MyVoice Communication Aid

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...MyVoice is an augmentative and alternative communication app that groups vocabulary by place or event and uses GPS to determine location and automatically...place or event and uses GPS to determine location and automatically supply vocabulary for that location. For example, if a nonverbal person using MyVoice on...
Special Needs App of the Day: Smart Speller English
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Smart Speller English

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...are commonly used words, so children will learn appropriate and useful vocabulary. The visual and auditory combination of Smart Speller makes it a multi-sensory...way, the app follows along with your child as he develops and gains new vocabulary skills. Smart Speller...

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