Featured, Spelling to Communicate
What is S2C? S2C stands for Spelling to Communicate, but what does that mean, exactly? Spelling to Communicate teaches individuals with motor challenges the purposeful motor skills necessary to point to letters to spell as…
Advocacy, Autism, Communication, Communication Partner, Community, Letterboards, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, Uncategorized
I am so excited to introduce Diane Belnavis and Brent Sullivan as guest bloggers! Â We formed an instant friendship when I met Brent, Diane and Dylan at the TASH Conference in Portland Oregon in November 2015. They have one of the most beautiful stories I have ever heard and it keeps getting better and better…
Chess, Communication, Education, Inclusion, Letterboards, motor control, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, presume competence, Spelling to Communicate, Uncategorized
Hi everyone! Â My name is Karen Dorula and I’m an occupational therapist at GKTC. Â Elizabeth has challenged us all to jump onto the blog. Â I’m very excited to be able to share all of the wonderful chess that has been happening here! I started teaching chess in January 2016 after one of my letterboard clients,…
Autism, Communication, Community, impulses, Letterboards, motor control, nonspeaking, Spelling to Communicate, Uncategorized
Recently, one of our parents asked what to do when her son become grabby and pinchy at home or school.  She recognizes that her son has motor control issues and knows that he is not trying to intentionally hurt her but is having trouble reconciling the difference between his intentions and actions. All of our clients…
Atlanta, Autism, Communication, Community, Martin Luther King Day, Spelling to Communicate, Uncategorized
In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, we are reposting this blog from MLK weekend in Atlanta 2 years ago! Â Wow! Â It is amazing to see how far along these fantastic spellers and self advocates have come since then! The fight for communication rights is stronger than ever! ~Elizabeth I returned from my second workshop…
Advocacy, Autism, Communication, Communication Partner, presume competence, Spelling to Communicate, TASH, Uncategorized
Huan Vuong started advocating for communication and education rights for himself and other nonspeaking individuals as soon as he got on the letterboards. This was his second year presenting at the TASH conference. Due to Huan’s strong advocacy, his school system has recently responded to his requests to meet his communication needs and will provide…
Autism, Communication, Education, Inclusion, motor control, neurodiversity, Spelling to Communicate, Uncategorized
Autistic individuals are the true autism experts. Matthew Lager’s TASH Talk debunking the myths of non-verbal autism is a must read for anyone who has an autistic child or works with autistic individuals. Matthew uses a letterboard and keyboard to spell to communicate. He prepared this presentation for the 2016 TASH conference with his mother…
