Learning to speak is a struggle for Jiraiya Grant, who is autistic and mostly nonverbal. Playing in the swimming pool, on the other hand, is a joy.
Put the two together, and talking is not nearly as challenging for the 6-year-old.
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Kennedy Krieger Institute will expand its special education services across the state this year by opening a new school in St. Mary’s County that will serve up to 45 students with autism spectrum disorder, ages 5 to 21, the organization announced Monday.
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Whitney Mitchell holds her daughter Havilah at her home while she has a seizure. Mitchell said her daughter has many medical issues that require a nurse at school but said one hasn’t been hired yet.
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Denver Public Schools systematically failed to implement federally required education plans for more than 1,000 students in 28 schools who require speech and language services, according to a finding by a state complaint officer with the Colorado Department of Education.
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CARRYING THE WEIGHT of a business on your shoulders can be an exhausting endeavor. Constantly worrying about your business’s success, about the livelihoods of those who work there and about your role as a leader can all eventually lead to feelings of burnout and fatigue.
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Village recreation director Jimmy Fitzano and Mayor Edwin Fare join parents, speech pathologists and school officials as they unveil a communication board at Hendrickson Park designed to aid children with speech issues.
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Student clinicians in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences earn credit hours while helping people find their voices.
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In Blanchard’s coffee shop on Broad Street, Dr. Jeffrey Mapp is supervising a speech therapy appointment for a 7-year-old child in Guatemala. On his computer screen are an interpreter, a speech therapist based in the United States, and Bella, a young girl who hasn’t been attending school because of her speech impediment.
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Traumatic brain injuries can impact many different aspects of people’s lives. Robby Desjardins, Speech language pathologist at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital, says some of the symptoms patients experience may lead to a recommendation to see a speech language pathologist.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Multiple studies show that some babies born during and shortly after the start of the pandemic are experiencing a delayed development of speech and social skills.
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