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April 2, 2010

2 April 2010, Language, Newsletter, SLP, Word Finding

[Source: National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders – Article in the public domain, reprinted from thee NIDCD Website] It wouldn’t take you long, upon seeing your fuzzy, whiskered, four-footed pet clawing at a large, upholstered piece of furniture, to say,…...

April 2, 2010

2 April 2010, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP, Word Finding

[Source: Disability Scoop] By Michelle Diament March 26, 2010 Congress approved a series of final changes late last week to the health care overhaul plan, taking steps to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates and clarify a series of other provisions, while largely drawing…...

April 2, 2010

2 April 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, Rett Syndrome, SLP

All material Copyright© 2008-2010 International Rett Syndrome Foundation Reprinted with the express permission of International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) as originally published on their website. What is Rett syndrome? Rett Syndrome (RTT) is a unique neurodevelopmental disorder which begins to show its…...

April 2, 2010

2 April 2010, News, Newsletter, TBI, Video

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how a bump on the head could be a more serious matter....

March 26, 2010

26 March 2010, AAC, News, Newsletter, SLP

The speech world is abuzz with news of a new iPhone App for Speech Language Pathologists. Calling it a “technological breakthrough for speech therapy,” it seeks to replace paper cards with flashing images through the iPhone. Said Corey Walker, practicing SLP and…...

March 26, 2010

26 March 2010, Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP

By: Scott Prath, M.A., CCC-SLP, Bilinguistics Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Bilinguistics Alejandro Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of South Florida St. Petersburg We would like to begin this article by highlighting the one question that threatens to undo the progress that the speech-language…...

March 26, 2010

26 March 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: The Chicago Tribune] An autistic teenager from the Chicago area has done something almost impossible. Nearly 48 games into an upset-filled NCAA tournament, 17-year-old Alex Hermann is perfect. “It’s amazing,” he says. Truly. The teenager predicted that Northern Iowa would beat…...

March 26, 2010

26 March 2010, Article, Autism, Newsletter, OT

By: Lara C. Pullen, PhD CEO and Co-Founder of Healing Thresholds The Autism Therapy Web site For some reason that I don’t fully understand, the subject of nutrition and autism can quickly become controversial, with many individuals holding very strong ideas about…...

March 26, 2010

26 March 2010, Article, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Newsletter, SLP

By: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Synonym: Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia Reprinted with permission of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as originally published on their Website What is Landau-Kleffner Syndrome? Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS)…...

March 26, 2010

26 March 2010, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Conventional wisdom among scientists for years has suggested that because individuals with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome, the disorder most likely results from the presence of too many genes or proteins contained in that additional structure. But…...