Bite Tubes 101: TalkTools Bite Tubes for Jaw Stability Home › General › Bite Tubes 101 General Bite Tubes 101: How TalkTools Bite Tubes Support Jaw Stability, Safer Chewing, and Speech Clarity If you work with clients who chew on their tongue or clothing, show open-mouth posture, or fatigue during chewing — TalkTools Bite Tubes […]
Special Needs Family Vacation: Flexibility & Small Wins
This was our best special needs family vacation yet—proof that flexibility, preparation, and tiny wins can add up to big confidence. If your family is planning a special needs vacation, these ideas may help. Just before I sat down to write this blog, I was on the phone with two of the people who are […]
5 STAR Global Ministry’s Work In Haiti with TalkTools
My name is Autumn Marshall and I am the president and co-founder of 5 STAR Global Ministry. I have been serving in Haiti since 2007, and living full-time in Haiti since 2011. The question that always comes up is: Why Haiti? Well… when I first went to Haiti in 2007 I came across a special […]
Finding Good Among the Bad
At home life with Anna has been quite interesting. It’s been a bit difficult because of course, she has no clue why we can’t go outside anymore. She has no clue why we haven’t been going to her therapies, her horseback riding, swimming, to the park, and her favorite- restaurants. Frequently she asks, “where am […]
Reminiscing on Better Times
Prior to the worsening of this Coronavirus in February, we were able to take our pre-planned trip to Europe. The children had a mid-winter break and we took advantage of it. We were so grateful to have been able to do that trip then given the circumstances now. We visited all over Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, and […]
Introducing Anna
Meet Anna! This is our precious, happy, spunky four year old child with Down Syndrome. Everyone says it-her presence immediately lights up a room. She is such a joyful girl and she shows her happiness not just with a facial expression but with her whole body. Her deep, visceral gut laugh exudes joy. This […]
HOPE OF A STRUGGLING MOM
Struggle, struggle, more struggle. One of the things we have to remember is there’s much going on the world right now and some of us have other children to care for, not just our child with special needs. My son has been having his own set of medical issues and as a result, this has […]
MOM’S PLEA: Love and Acceptance for these children
Lately, everything has been a struggle. I’m sure many feel this way, during this difficult time. School is back in session for all three children, online. Anna started TK and has been doing well. However, I realized something from the experience thus far. That is, when she was younger and her interactions with the world […]
Uniqueness of Anna
Anna is hilarious! I’m seeing her unique personality coming out! Her speech therapist has been working on “hypothetical questions”. For example, what would you do if you got hurt? And Anna would answer, “get a band-aid”. As long the answer is “appropriate” then it gets counted as correct. Her answers have at times been so […]
Pets: A Source of Companionship and Emotional Support
Hoping all had a Happy Thanksgiving! Anna, unfortunately, got sick the week prior to Thanksgiving and so she missed school, but thankfully, we had the whole week of Thanksgiving as well to get better. I feel as though when Anna gets a cold, it tends to last longer than others. This is when I am […]