#Spell2Communicate

[designsbysiri]

Back for the second session after lunch break. #spell2communicate www.TranscendingApraxia.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CcERX4RPDPc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Latest entry from self-advocate and micro blogger Graciela L, who spells to communicate, on her forum “Dare to Listen.” G and her mother Susie partnered with Growing Kids Therapy Center in 2013 to build what is now the single largest community of spellers in the United States; in the city of #Atlanta #Georgia.

[designsbysiri]

This is an unexpected and a major breakthrough for Siri! As a mother, I am numbed by the way Siri responded yesterday when she was assessed by Dawnmarie Gaivin, www.TranscendingApraxia.com for Spell2Communicate. One more significant step she climbs on. Dawnmarie read Siri the story of Benjamin Franklin and asked her a few questions where she was expected to spell with the help of a board. I was disappointed the way Dawnmarie started the session with such complex concept of understanding a story with no interesting words in it. I was going to request her to pause the session and hear my suggestion of using a Sesame Street or Winnie the Pooh story to ask Siri to spell the answers. I am so glad that I held back. Dawnmarie went through the story very quickly but still Siri retained all the details and answered 95% of her questions correctly. Neither me nor her dad got as many questions as Siri answered correctly. Brooke one of the therapists attended the session and we are starting S2C for Siri with her under Dawnmarie's guidance soon. I will share the video recorded of the session when I receive it. Ammalu Siri, I am so proud of you, na chitti chilakamma <3 ... God bless you multiple folds raja. #mynameissiri #designsbysiri #spell2communicate #siri #Autism (at Pleasanton, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBnSzYPesW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Drs. Beth Brennan and Edlyn Penya released this full text paper via the Autism and Communication Center at #CalLutheran University last May. This brief article features Samuel Cornelius Capozzi, a successful college #student who uses a #letterboard and #keyboard to #communicate. The article makes recommendations to student affairs professionals in higher education to create a more #inclusive #college culture for autistic students who communicate differently.

[designsbysiri]

Siri is sensitive to my feelings. Lately, I have been kinda not being myself and she has been noticing it even after I have been masking it very well. Sometimes I think she knows me more than I know about myself. If she could she would tell me how not to worry and everything will be fine 🤗. Today, Siri made my day by asking me to be coached for Spell2Communicate than she spelling with the practitioner. I couldn’t help but become emotional. All that I was hiding from her came out without my permission. Siri knew that those were happy tears as she had a sweet smile on her gorgeous face. Spelling with an expert is fun than with someone who doesn’t know how to read properly, pronounce the right way or can follow the rhythm of S2C. Siri has so much understanding of me and my inabilities and she makes it easy for me to spell with her. It gives me great comfort to know that Siri loves and cares for me a lot more than she can show but I do sense every bit of her love for me. What else can a mom ask for? 💞 #momoncloudnine #mynameissiri #spelltocommunicate #autism (at Pleasanton, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce5VpzhuI5_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Communication is a fundamental human right. Everyone, regardless their ability to produce speech, deserves the right to access and use their communication method of choice in all settings. #type2text #S2C#spell2communicate #nonverbal?! #nonspeaking!! #CommunicationRights#NonSpeakingDoesNotEqualNonThinking #totallyverbal #letterboard#autism #autistic #speech #SpeechIsMotor #language #cognitive#LanguageIsCognitive #civilrights #ASHA #SLP #SLPeeps#SpeechLanguage