There was a time I prayed for Ashlynn to tell me she loved me. Having apraxia and a language disorder made that tough. Even when she could repeat “I love you” when given a model, that didn’t mean she could volitionally pull it out and say it spontaneously. That took more years and work in therapy.
This is how inclusion is supposed to look. Every human whether they have differences or not all want the same thing. They want to feel useful, included, and loved. Her smile says it all.
Hi readers! I haven’t been as active on the blog as usual because my goal for 2018 was to write a book and I’m happy to say I completed that goal! My goal of 2019 is for it to be published, so we will see! In the meantime, I did manage to get some blogging done and here are my top 10 posts for 2018! Thank you so much for
Neurodiversity and learning disability were never in my vocabulary before I had my daughter. I had never been exposed to learning disabilities of any kind really, and I had no idea the extraordinary gifts those who are neurodiverse had to offer this world. No, when I was in second grade, I was in my egocentric world and our teacher had us write “a book.” It was a short story and
Enough with the 30 million word gap. It doesn’t mean crap when your kid has an actual language disorder.
When I was younger and learned to read, I remember I was taught phonics. I remember the phonics workbooks I had, and would read the rules at the bottom of the page for spelling. It was all very systematic. Little did I know at the time, phonics was just one part of the five components of reading that can contribute to reading disorders. Today, a concept called whole language dominates