Resources:
1. The I-ASC webpage's introductory videos are a good place to start. Highlight video linked here.
2. Of course: Underestimated: An Autism Miracle!
Fast read, that will resonate with you, especially if you are a parent!
3. If you'd like a sneak peak at #2, here's a lesson I created from the book to let spellers and families know they are not alone, an introduction and a peek at one of Jamie's friend's thoughts.
4. My favorite intro-to-letterboarding-video. Get the tissues ready. Communication for all!
5. "All done!" You'll think of this phrase a whole new way.
6. No wonder! (more from the creator of #4 Gregory Tino).
7. Family! It's complicated, but love shines through, from someone who did not gain communication until he was way into his 30's.
8. Can you imagine going from an IQ of 69 to 164! Letterboarding didn't make Elizabeth Bonker brilliant, but it allowed her to communicate the brilliance that was already there.
9. What else have we misunderstood? Downs Syndrome and other non-speakers.
10. But what is a non-speaker? Tom explains.
11. Tantrums! This book tells you some of the why's. I learned so much just from mom's introduction, and then there was more, short to the point essays on what is really going on when an autistic nonspeaker is not understood.
12. Great advice for parents, CRP's and practitioners.
13. Two types of autism? Ido Kedar explains his observations.
14. Spellers movie? How about the Spellers Q&A!
15. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries: Siri's Story (Mom's Story?) AKA We were always there.
16. Break out the tissues again: The Unspoken Bond, the friendship that we all wish for our spellers.
17. What a great play, by a speller, written for all of us, a love story as a vehicle to teach us more.
19. The state of autism therapies today, by a non-speaker.
20. Science based! (for more science click here)
21. Independence takes a lot of work and many years for most, but here's what it can be like!
22. Important break through for this family, although a small detail mentioned by dad caught my attention ("a brief burst of texting"-many families experience some ability to type and ask about its relationship to spelling and communication)
23. Some basics of letterboarding, but especially edifying on what is physically going on with our spellers at minutes 20:00-25:00 or so.
24. Pure poetry (and a fast watch): Mikayla's Voice.
25. Autism? Apraxia? Is there a difference? Learn a bit more here.