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I-ASC Blog

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Nonspeakers, parents, practitioners, and leadership contribute to the I-ASC blog. Articles contain personal insights, opinions, ideas, and experiences about being a nonspeaker or speller, autism, and S2C. We invite you to leave comments and engage in discussions with the author and other readers in a positive way sharing knowledge to help build our online community.

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Move Your Body, Be a Hottie
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Nurturing Authentic Communication with Responsibility and Respect
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Be Brave
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Love Letters, A True-ly Short Epistolary Romance: Sofi's Story
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A Hipster Love of Music
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Inclusive Journeys: Strategies for Traveling with Nonspeakers
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News from Motormorphosis 2023!
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Let’s Change the World Faster: 10 Things I Learned at Motormorphosis 2023
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Socializing at Motormorphosis with S&A
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The Magic of Motormorphosis
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Motormorphosis 2023 - leading conference for the nonspeaking community
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Birthdays Make Me Nostalgic
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Freedom Is…
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COUNT DOWN TO MOTOR UP!
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A book makes a wonderful what? LESSON
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Serving the World
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Beyond Apraxia: Catatonia
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Social Media for Advocacy
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Presuming Competence, Confidence and Co-Regulation are KEY
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Who Decides Which Voices Should Be Heard?
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May Tomorrow Be Awake
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Rehumanizing Access to Communication
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The Worst of Times and the Best of Times
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Ground your practice in cognitive lessons!
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PROMPT YOUR HEART OUT!
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Independence or Autonomy?
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Why I am an Advocate for Nonspeakers Like Me
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The Realization of What Spelling to Communicate Brings to our Families
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What's the Purpose?
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Choosing Lesson Topics
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Legal Capacity and the Right to Communicate
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Getting Started with Spelling to Communicate
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C, R, and P
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Hopes for 2023
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2022 is over. So what did I-ASC do?
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Lets Get Tasting
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Spellers Being Held To A Higher Standard
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MAKING THE WORLD A PLACE WHERE SPELLERS THRIVE 
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Silent Holiday
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College Bodies
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Speech Mechanism Pt. 3 The Resonators: Shaping the Sound
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Strategies for First Responders Interacting with Autistics and Nonspeakers
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What is S2C? A Spellers Perspective
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THINKING THROUGH DYSREGULATION
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This Apraxic Nonspeaker’s Advice For My Teachers
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Breaking a Stereotype, Not a Leg 
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Dear Jen
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Motormorphosis 2022 Highlights and Reflections
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What Advocacy Means to a Late-in-Life Speller
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Sexuality and Sex: Another Hard Conversation
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Voting 101
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The Urgency of Inclusion
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Balancing Advocacy With Physical & Mental Wellness
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Get Groups Going!
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Letters are Everywhere
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Being An Advocate On The Nonspeaking Leadership Council
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Aiming for Accessibility: Making school work more accessible for your speller
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A Dawning Inspiration
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Come be a part of Spellers and Allies
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Eating Can Be Tricky - I-ASC The Experts
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Embrace your Differences
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A Shift in Perspective
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The Birth of Unrestricted Interest
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THE SPEECH MECHANISM: A 4-PART SERIES Part 2: Our Voice, the Larynx
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Eric Garcia’s Love Letter to Autistic People
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Infinite Possibilities
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On ableism and my lived experience
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The Speech Mechanism Part 1: Lower Respiratory System
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A Conversation on Letterboard Etiquette
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Letterboard Etiquette - I-ASC the Experts
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STEP-ASIDE: NEURODIVERSITY-FRIENDLY SPACES INCLUDE MOTOR!
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Top Tips for Feeding the Brain
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Spring into Action at Spring into Spelling 2022
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Pressure & Managing Expectations - I-ASC The Experts
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Talking Thoughts Moving Finger
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Daily Decisions Taken for Granted
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Neurodivergent Wellbeing: I-ASC the Experts
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A Hard Tomorrow Part #5
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Getting to S2C Fluency
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A HARD TOMORROW PART #4
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An Ideal CRP - I-ASC The Experts
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Learning to Love
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A Hard Tomorrow Part #3
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Our work is not yet ours!
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A Hard Tomorrow Part #2
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Into the Dawn of Love’s Light
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A Hard Tomorrow Part #1
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Getting Started with S2C ~ I-ASC the Experts
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Strategy to Create a New Beginning
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Amelia Bell to Everyone
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Have Blessings, Can Travel
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Please Listen!
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The Loudest Voice of Silence
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Confusion in your mind about the term nonspeaking?
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Planning an inclusive holiday season
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Proving That Anything is Possible:
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The Importance of Changing the World One Step at a Time:
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In Conversation with I-ASC 4 Star Spellebrity
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Motoriety Teach: Food for Thought
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Respectful Language for Coaching a Tricky Body!
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