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Tess is nonverbal, with a speech disorder, autism, and other issues. Here's how we're trying to help her.

December 14, 2019

Helping Tess communicate.

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Tags AAC, augmentative and alternative communication, autism, nonverbal, auditory processing disorder, Hao-Fountain 101
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Another IEP Meeting, Another Facepalm

November 4, 2016

The mere mention of PECS in this IEP meeting makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

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Tags IEP, speech-language, mixed expressive receptive language disorder, PMT, prelinguistic milieu teaching, AAC
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My Wife Uses Her Mom Voice at an IEP Meeting

September 25, 2016

In case you've never been in an IEP meeting, let me tell you what it feels like. It is an endurance sport, only instead of doing physical stuff, you're listening. You're listening harder than you ever have in your life.

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Tags IEP, AAC, communication, device, special education
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