By Darryl “Kippy” Porter, Language Lab Blogger Some people could call me a Renaissance man. I have numerous passionate interests. I’m Chicago born-and-bred. I have two brothers, although my father, mother and eldest brother are deceased. I like people to have a fair chance, especially disabled people. ...

_By Alex Frank, M.S., CCC-SLP/L _ Everyday consists of various expectations. Expectations for yourself, expectations for your family members, expectations for your coworkers, and the list goes on. Expectations exist not to highlight weakness or a need for improvement, but to provide direction to what we want to accompli...

By Leanna Fox, Consultant, Liberator What do I do? Suddenly I found myself with a caseload of teenage girls who are much cooler than I ever was. Right, magic basic therapy rule 101 – use their interests and make them your interests also. For example, ‘romance’, ‘love’ and ‘James Arthur’ were identified ...

By Benjamin Bond, Consultant, Speech Pathologist (VIC) It’s not often that I am speechless when working alongside our device users. An amazing young man new to LAMP WFL did in fact make me at a loss for words during a mealtime. We had finished a therapy “session” and we were getting ready for lunch. Our cheeky ...

By Jessica Steiner, M.Ed, M.S., CF-SLP Hi fellow AAC lovers! My name is Jessica Steiner and I am so excited to start blogging for AAC Language Lab. A little bit about me, I am a CF working in a public separate day school for children with severe and profound disabilities, Pre-K through High School. I absolutely love my...

_ Kym Heine, M.S.-CCC-SLP_ In attempts to encourage the use of a communication device in a variety of environments with various communication partners, many students take their devices to Special Area Classes (e.g. music, art, library, PE, and computer). These classes are typically conducted by instructors who have lit...