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Deaf Parent Advocates for Communication Supports She Received from Same School 40 Years Ago

Deaf Parent Advocates for Communication Supports She Received from Same School 40 Years Ago

2016-11-10T10:11:47-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: Advocacy, blog, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, General, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Ollibean Family, Ollibean Mama Spotlight, Parenting|Tags: access, Accessibility, ADA, all disabilities, ASL, cross disability, deaf, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Deaf HOH, ESE, hard of hearing, Hillsborough County School District, Hillsborough ESE Reform, inclusion, inclusive education, speech therapy|

Deaf mother goes before Hillsborough County School District Board to advocate for son's necessary services. The 8th largest school district in the country has an operating budget of $ 3 billion. Despite being notified in advance of her attendance, the district was unable to provide any access .

AAC Helps Learners with Complex Communication Needs Reach Their Full Potential

2016-11-10T10:11:48-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: AAC, Accessibility, Assistive Technology, blog, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, Augmentative Communication, autism, Cathy Binger, cerebral palsy, Disability, down syndrome, inclusion, ipad, NIH Grant, special needs, speech therapy|

" A lot of these kids end up not reaching their full potential because they suffer from low expectations. People think they don't speak well, so we shouldn't have them in the regular classroom, but a lot of the kids I work with, they're cognitively fine. They're perfectly capable. They just need a viable means of communication to really help them through that." Cathy Binger

The King’s Speech

2013-06-10T16:20:43-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: blog, Entertainment, General|Tags: all disabilities, colin firth, film, speech, speech therapy, stuttering, The King's Speech|

We love this beautiful movie based on the true story