Spelling for Communication

This is an amazing read. Let's de-mystify the word autistic. We deserve to have all the information about ourselves. The we won't spend our lives wondering why we experience the world so differently.

This was posted in another private group. Even if it's not for you...maybe you know someone? TIA!

Gloria Tilley

Long Island friends…I have a friend with 28 year old son with autism (non behavioral) who would like to explore creating a group home with likeminded families. Possibly utilizing self direction and her childhood home. If you’d like to explore with her, I can get you connected.

Video College valedictorian with nonverbal autism delivers commencement speech Elizabeth Bonker was diagnosed with nonverbal autism, and over the weekend she delivered a speech at Rollins College via a text-to-speech computer program.

All classes are in-person and can be in my office, at your home, or public site. Individual sessions work on necessary, spelling, typing, reading skills in order to communicate. Group sessions utilize these skills in order to socialize and communicate with peers. Lessons can focus on any subject (academic, personal, or social). I am trained by Soma Mukhapadyay in Rapid Prompt method; by Marilyn Chadwick in Supported Typing, and am currently learning Spelling 2 Communicate (S2C). Professionally, I am a speech therapist working for 25 years in public schools.

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"Autism will make it seem like I don’t want to learn this, but I do!"

Advocate and friend, Gregory Tino discusses how one day his life was turned upside down and would never be the same. He includes his top 10 list of advice for new spellers and their communication partners (CP’s) so YOUR world can get turned upside down too. See the entire list and blog at https://i-asc.org/got-power/

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Image Description: A young man sits comfortably with his arm rested as he looks at the camera with a bright and hopeful smile. Image Text: Gregory's Top 10 list of advice for new spellers & CRPs 1. Autism will make it seem like I don’t want to learn this, but I do! There were many times I would say “no” when I was asked to practice. That was a motor loop that I had no control over. Don’t listen to my mouth!!~Gregory Tino

REVIEW: The Reason I Jump – An Unusual Film With a Very Important Message Ben Breaux, nonspeaking autistic advocate and author, reviewed the award-winning film, The Reason I Jump, an adaptation of Naoki Higashida’s best-selling memoir of the same title. Breaux interviewe…