Before my accident I had always considered myself to be funny. I could always get my friends rolling on the floor with my quick-witted humor. Since my accident, I have not lost my sense of humor. But I found it hard to keep up the quick-witted part of my humor – especially when using an [...]
A while back, I wrote a blog called “This Blog is for the Birds.” I am a member of the Audubon Society and I live in Cape Coral in Southwest Florida. We have the unique pleasure of having the largest population of Athene cunicularia or Burrowing Owls in the state of Florida. There are over [...]
Recently I got a new cell phone and it got me thinking. Where would we be without text messaging or email? By “we” I mean the people that have a speech impairment or the hearing impaired. I do the majority of my communication with my friends and family through text and emails. If you were [...]
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people talk over me and not directly to me. For those of you reading this blog who are unable to speak, you know exactly what I am talking about. I find that this happens to me the most when I go out to restaurants. It’s what I [...]
As a hobby, my family and I raise and sell birds. We currently have five cockatiels, three sun conjures, and 24 finches. It is almost a full time job just feeding and cleaning up after them. We spend close to $80 a month on bird seed alone. But if you were to ask anyone of [...]
When I was younger, I was a pretty good singer. My story begins when I was about eight years old. I tried out for a solo in my school’s Christmas pageant. At the time we lived near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Moravians first settled in Bethlehem in the mid 1700s. The Moravian influence is still very [...]
After returning from the ATIA Convention in Orlando Florida I thought that I would discuss the steps that you must go through in order to prepare for a national convention.
The first step is to submit an abstract explaining the content of your topic. I discovered it is very important to closely follow the specific requirements [...]
“In life’s game of poker, the optimist sees the pessimist’s night and raises him the sunrise.” – Robert Brault
Poker, like life itself, has its defining moments. There are both highs and lows. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut, push it all out there and go, “All in” as they call it in [...]
Mark Twain said it best, “There are two types of speakers: those who are nervous and those who are liars.”
Actually some of the most famous presenters in the world have admitted to being anxious before speaking in front of a large group. Let’s face it, it’s perfectly normal to be nervous when presenting. According to [...]
If you were to ask me a couple of years ago to define what AAC is, I would have smiled and said that I have no idea.
Not in a million years would I think that not only would I know what augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is, but that it would become such an intricate [...]
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