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Suffering from scrambled speech  -  Mar 6, 2008
Standard,..."A child who exhibits little or slow progress in language could possibly be suffering from a communication disorder just as much as those who may experience

Brain scans tune in to personal nature of improvising music  -  Mar 4, 2008
USA TodayLimb and a colleague, Allen Braun of the communication disorder center, designed an unusual experiment. They recruited six jazz pianists to play a specially

Children talk about how they cope with stuttering  -  Mar 1, 2008
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil,Stuttering is a communication disorder in which speech flow is broken by repetitions (li-li-like this), prolongations (lllllike this) or abnormal stoppages

Community Rallies 'Round Instructional Assistant  -  Mar 20, 2008
Centre View,..."Autism is a social and communication disorder, and these kids don't usually bond with people, but they did with her. And she loves them.

Health literacy and older adults  -  Mar 20, 2008
Marco Island Sun-Times,Approximately one in six Americans has some type of communication disorder that can present unique challenges as they age. In addition to the spoken and

New Book: "'agenaE"  -  Mar 10, 2008
Biddho,...how the deaf are affected in internalizing the culture and the value of their respective society due to communication disorder imposed by deafness.

Learning comes through loud and clear at hearing impaired school  -  Mar 3, 2008
The Southern,Bonnie Dugger, primary communication disorder teacher, pushed one of her autistic students in a small green wagon. "Good talking," Dugger said as the

Our son's hidden world: Living with a child with autism  -  Feb 26, 2008
Daily Mail,..."He has a communication disorder, but my opinion is that he's outside the autistic spectrum." This was the headline news as far as I was concerned

Students spend day in someone else's shoes  -  Feb 26, 2008
OCRegister,...tracing a drawing by using a mirror (hand-eye coordination challenges); or speaking with marshmallows in their mouths (communication disorder).

Parents of autistic kids fight for aid  -  Feb 19, 2008
DetNews.com,...of autism increases chances of normal futures, said Catherine Lord, director of the University of Michigan's Autism and Communication Disorder Center.

The cost of preparing students with special needs in Newton  -  Feb 19, 2008
Newton TAB,Students with a communication disorder or with a health impairment has jumped by 100 students in that same time period. And the Newton schools have also

Stutterers aren't anxious  -  Feb 13, 2008
ScienceAlert,...first of its kind to quantitatively examine the role of anxiety in children who are at the cusp of developing this particular communication disorder.

Why the problem? More frequent identification in kids, more autism ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers,Arizona is one of a handful of states that allow people with bachelor-level communication disorder degrees to work as speech technicians, working under the

More training required for special needs  -  Feb 4, 2008
The Herald,Autism is a communication disorder and people have challenges responding in the ways that others would expect, often taking things literally.

Autistic girl in abuse case to demonstrate keyboard communication ...  -  Jan 28, 2008
DetNews.com,...were influenced subconsciously by those whose job was to only guide the hands of persons with a brain injury or communication disorder over a keyboard,

ASHA, Califone To Collaborate On Association's BHSM Campaign  -  Feb 12, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...segment of the school systems' decision makers to ensure that a student's communication disorder does not negatively impact their academic performance.

Can music aid an autistic child?  -  Feb 2, 2008
Potomac News,..."The initial impression was that she had a severe communication disorder," Conlon said. He explained that Ashley displayed several signs of autism,

Dad Goes To The Top, Gets Results  -  Jan 29, 2008
New Haven Independent,It turned out the headache was a symptom of a school staffing & communication disorder. Hernandez brought his story to the Board of Education — and by

Vander Woude Named Top Teacher  -  Feb 8, 2008
Calvin News,My hermeneutical goal is to encourage students to reflect on what it is like to live both publicly and privately with a communication disorder.

When autism affects your child  -  Dec 9, 2007
Nassau Guardian,At the age of two-and-a-half, Daylen was said to have a pervasive developmental delay, and later diagnosed with autism, a social and communication disorder,

Our View - Communication requires personal contact  -  Dec 2, 2007
Daily 49er,Maybe what our student government leaders should do to address communication disorder on this campus is to venture out among the students.

Judge rules for school district in Cohasset special education trial  -  Dec 14, 2007
Boston Globe,It also argued that the boy required a specialist to cope with a communication disorder. The parents wanted the boy removed from special education because

Special education trial opens  -  Dec 13, 2007
Boston Globe,It also is asserting that the boy needs the help of a specialist to cope with a communication disorder. The boy's parents, Peggy and Kevin Lewis,

CELLPHONES COME UP SHORT FOR HEARING IMPAIRED  -  Dec 19, 2007
Truro Daily News,Greg Noel, vice president - director of audiology for Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres, said one in 10 Nova Scotians has a communication disorder,

She’arim parents fear school will close if funding ends  -  Dec 18, 2007
Canadian Jewish News,Academy of Toronto, said that after five years at She’arim, her older son’s communication disorder improved so much that he “was not the same child.

Dawg Pound on the rise  -  Dec 3, 2007
SIU - Daily Egyptian,Samantha Okon, a senior from Chicago studying communication disorder sciences, was one of the first fans in line. Okon said she sees the difference in the

how can you tell if your child has a communication disorder?  -  Nov 1, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,...legally, schools must help every child identified as having a communication disorder, taylor noted. but while the preferred caseload for pathologists is 60

study finds communication disorders common  -  Nov 9, 2007
The Daily Utah Chronicle,...pinborough-zimmerman's original research focused on autism in utah and found that 89 percent of children with autism had a communication disorder. the

national deaf academy announces new ceo  -  Nov 21, 2007
PR.com (press release),...adolescents and adults and autistic individuals that have a communication disorder. mt dora, fl, november 21, 2007 --(pr.com)-- the national deaf

communications disorders are major health concern in utah children  -  Nov 5, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,...salt lake, and utah counties and found 63.4 of every 1000 children (6.3 percent) had some type of communication disorder. the numbers also showed nearly

early autism detection  -  Oct 29, 2007
News-Medical.net,..."autism is a pervasive communication disorder, often diagnosed after age 3 in the united states," dr. maxim says. "communication develops primarily in the

mirror, mirror in the brain: mirror neurons, self-understanding ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...well as normal-mirror activity in the brains of children with the social communication disorder known as autism, suggesting new approaches to treatment.

st. john’s speech professor linda carozza to be featured in ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
St. John's University,...designed to identify the possible role of psychological stress in communication of patients with aphasia, an acquired communication disorder that

Student turns communication disorder into learning experience  -  Oct 11, 2007
Bowling Green News,The first of three sign language seminars were taught by Amber Ricker, a clinically deaf senior at the University. Ricker started last evening's sign

Teaching Communication Skills to a Child Diagnosed With Asperger’s ...  -  Oct 10, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),...to generate language fluently then we may have child who is suffering from a very trainable communication disorder rather than a psychiatric disease.

Speech services review under way  -  Oct 16, 2007
BBC News,And campaigners say that across the UK about one in 10 children, or 1.2 million, have a communication disorder - which equates to about three in every

Aphasia victims find a voice in UA group  -  Oct 11, 2007
Arkansas Traveler (subscription),But a UA communication group offers a way for people with aphasia, a severe communication disorder, to re-establish who they are on their own terms.

John Robison does not need to look me in the eye  -  Oct 4, 2007
Checkbiotech.org (press release),It is ironic -or perhaps fitting -- that this most articulate spokesman for people with a communication disorder is himself someone who spent most of his

Rowe Center helps with language skills  -  Sep 20, 2007
Indiana Statesman,Aphasia is "a communication disorder caused by damage to the brain," and apraxia is "a motor-speech programming disorder," as stated in the clinic client

Health: Aphasia impairs understanding of language  -  Sep 26, 2007
Arizona Republic,Answer: Aphasia is a communication disorder caused by brain damage and characterized by complete or partial impairment of language comprehension,

Older siblings offer aide, guidance  -  Sep 6, 2007
ASU The Appalachian Online,Jessica and Michelle, both communication disorder majors, have even discussed opening a practice together or in close proximity.

My son is a monster with autism says his loving mother  -  Aug 15, 2007
Daily Mail,When he was ten, an occupational therapist who assessed him suggested he be tested for Asperger's Syndrome - a communication disorder.

Science Weekly for August 13  -  Aug 13, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists goes on to explain why communication disorder is the most common diasability in early childhood.

Get involved in campus clubs  -  Aug 19, 2007
Huntington Herald Dispatch,National Student Speech Language Hearing Association: Undergraduate organization for communication disorder majors. Promotes awareness and understanding of

Local Therapy Group Aims to Help Those With Aphasia  -  Aug 15, 2007
WRAL.com,It's a communication disorder called Aphasia. Special group therapy may help people with Aphasia to relearn ways to communicate, either through words,

SpeechEasy Introduces New ''Comfort Fit'' Fluency Device For  -  Aug 14, 2007
Medical Design Online,SpeechEasy was developed and patented by a team of communication disorder researchers at East Carolina University and is marketed exclusively by Janus

LSUHSC-S awards degrees to summer graduates  -  Aug 12, 2007
Shreveport Times,Master of Communication Disorder — Merritt Cazedessus Lorey and Tara Lynn Reed. Master of Occupational Therapy — Jennie Moore Bange, Amanda Lee Benson,

Foundation offers help for parents of those with learning disabilities  -  Jul 19, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,While the prevalence of autism continues to increase, it is not the only learning and communication disorder on the rise. Researchers are finding increases

WakeMed and Triangle Aphasia Project Join Forces  -  Jul 18, 2007
dBusinessNews Triangle (press release),An estimated one million people in the United States have acquired aphasia – a communication disorder usually the result of a stroke, traumatic brain injury

'My autistic son was violent and withdrawn. Then Henry the ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
Independent,I reached the end of my tether when a local consultant paediatrician was going to conclude that Dale had a communication disorder, and label him as a child

McGuinty Government Strengthens Ontario's Child Care System  -  Jul 12, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),Strengthening and expanding hearing, speech and language programs to identify, treat and support children with a communication disorder - early

SpeechEasy Introduces New 'Comfort Fit' Fluency Device for ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
Carolina Newswire (press release),SpeechEasy was developed and patented by a team of communication disorder researchers at East Carolina University and is marketed exclusively by Janus

Denise Hogsett: Foundation gives worthy recipient a scholarship  -  Jul 5, 2007
Huntington Herald Dispatch,If you want more information about communication disorders, the profession of communication disorder or more about head injuries or to make a contribution

Ebonics IQI. What have we learned ? - use of Ebonics language to ...  -  Jul 5, 2007
Diverse,The paper emphasizes that Black English is not a communication disorder, as it had sometimes been classified. July In response to the poor academic

Project to Probe Preschool Programs for Autistic Children  -  Jun 19, 2007
Education Week News,...and to create a professional-development center that will produce more teachers prepared to teach students with the communication disorder.

'It's been like going back to school again'  -  Jun 29, 2007
Mail Tribune,Stroke, brain injury or illness can cause aphasia, a communication disorder that can affect a person's ability to use and understand spoken or written words

5 Questions: Kim Wolf  -  Jun 11, 2007
Sun Publications Chicago,I think having autism is really a communication disorder and they have a hard time interacting with the world about them. I don't think they see a lot of

To Your Health: Aphasia -- frustrating for both patient and family ...  -  Jun 19, 2007
Chicago Daily Southtown,An estimated 1 million Americans have aphasia, a communication disorder caused by damage to one or more regions of the brain that control language skills.

Local volunteers awarded for their efforts  -  Jul 3, 2007
Inside Toronto,Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder caused by an injury to the brain that affects a person's ability to communicate. It is most often the result

Each Year Over 200000 Americans Suddenly Lose Their Ability to ...  -  Jun 26, 2007
DentalPlans.com,...(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK, -- Over 1 million Americans struggle with the devastation of aphasia, a sudden-onset, communication disorder that impairs

Board cuts special needs  -  Jun 27, 2007
Sarnia Observer,The board is hiring an extra psychometrist to assess students for learning disabilities along with two communication disorder assistants all on a temporary

Case came to light during fraud inquiry  -  Jun 10, 2007
BurlingtonFreePress.com,Autism is largely a communication disorder, and speech-language therapy is essential to improving skills, Luxenberg said. Luxenberg said she has been

McGuinty Government Strengthens Ontario's Child Care System  -  Jul 5, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),Strengthening and expanding hearing, speech and language programs to identify, treat and support children with a communication disorder - early

Event to focus on communication disorder called aphasia  -  Jun 1, 2007
WMU News,KALAMAZOO--June has been designated National Aphasia Education Month, and faculty and students in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology will help

LETTER: Treatment can correct speech, hearing disorders  -  May 22, 2007
Hutchinson Leader,Statistics show that one in 10 families are affected by a communication disorder. One in six children has a speech, hearing or language problem — a

Communication Disorders  -  May 7, 2007
Yankton Daily Press (subscription),Today an estimated 42 million Americans have some type of communication disorder, with economic costs exceeding $30 billion due to lost work productivity,

Clinic Fits Needs in Rural Communities - American Falls  -  May 22, 2007
KPVI-TV,An estimated 42-million Americans have some type of communication disorder. For those living in rural areas, getting services can be a challenge.

Better Hearing and Speech Month  -  May 22, 2007
Henry Herald,A communication disorder may simply be someone’s inability to chronologically arrange tasks in their verbal communications.

NMSU tries to fill lagging ranks in speech therapy field  -  May 15, 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,Although a number of medical conditions, such as stroke or brain injury, can result in a communication disorder, the cause is often unknown.

Time for the obligatory clip show  -  May 31, 2007
York County Coast Star,Nobody actually knows how tough it is to live with a communication disorder unless they have one of their own. Understanding is one thing, but empathy in

Stereotypes fade as knowledge about stuttering grows  -  May 21, 2007
Post-Bulletin,For whatever reason, the communication disorder afflicts males at four times the rate of females. It bears no relation to ability or intelligence.

Does your child stammer?  -  May 7, 2007
Times of India,Stammering is a communication disorder in which the normal flow of speech is broken by repetitions, prolongations, or abnormal stoppages of sounds and

Autism warning signs  -  Apr 15, 2007
Journal Times,Autism isn'ta language disorder, said Dr. Greg Brown of the ARCH Center. It's a communication disorder, and that concept includes much more than just

Children of delayed marriage suffer mental retardation  -  Apr 17, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,He described language delay as a communication disorder, a category that includes a wide variety of speech, language, and hearing impairments.

Study: Autism in Children On the Rise  -  Feb 20, 2007
The UCSD Guardian Online,Secondly, Abelson said, people with autism have a communication disorder of some kind. In general, they also have a "perceptual disorder;" that is,

A Fresh Perspective: Communication taken for granted  -  Feb 15, 2007
Case Western Reserve University Observer,I then began to think about how incredibly frustrating and difficult it must be to have a crippling communication disorder. My mother has a congenital

Concern, Confusion Surround Autism Increase  -  Feb 12, 2007
WKRN,A communication disorder that was once rare is now being diagnosed in record numbers. The number of US children with autism has skyrocketed in the past

Scholarship benefits those who stutter  -  Feb 21, 2007
Naples Daily News,The system has been proven to alleviate and, in some cases, eliminate stuttering and was developed by communication disorder researchers at East Carolina

Sometimes the grass isn't always greener  -  Feb 19, 2007
The Spartan Daily,..."I want to be able to frolic in it," said Jessica James, a sophomore majoring in communication disorder. "We want to roll around in it," said James who is

Students celebrate Mardi Gras with MTSU sports  -  Feb 18, 2007
Sidelines Online (subscription),..."The Mardi Gras theme adds to the [fun of] the game," said Crystal Griffey, senior communication disorder major and social chair for Gamma Beta Phi.

Reaction to impediment a fine judge of character  -  Feb 15, 2007
York County Coast Star,Nobody actually knows how tough it is to live with a communication disorder unless they have one of their own. Understanding is one thing, but empathy in

Living With Autism: The Boggs Family  -  Feb 9, 2007
WCIV,Goose Creek, SC - A new CDC (website - news) study reveals the number of children diagnosed with the communication disorder autism is on the rise...with new

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