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We're back and ready to begin another year with our spellers! After a fun-filled summer, we are happy to get back to writing and and...

Rose:  My question is what is your heart and mind thinking about your future? Very much want to know how you see your futures.  Joe: My...

For this post, Danny suggested that we give our readers a chance to learn more about each speller. From there, the idea evolved into an interview where spellers got a chance to ask each other questions. Some questions sparked such big conversations that we'll save them for future posts of their own and the rest are presented here as a Q&A. We had so much fun learning more about our spellers and hope you enjoy their questions, answers, and insights!

When we came back from our holiday break in January, we started working on a blog post about New Year's Resolutions. Overwhelmingly, our...

Christopher: I want to talk about challenges we have overcome. It will be a way to inspire other spellers and each other. All people...

Maudey: Hi, everyone. I want to thank you all for supporting our blog. I have to ask for support with one more thing. My mom has cancer....

In the spirit of turning our program over to our coalition of spellers (if you haven't already, read our Blog Re-Launch Post about this...

In our last post , we asked our spellers what they want the goals for our program to be. They told us that they don't feel like our...

Welcome to The Speller Space ! For the past four years, we’ve been working to build a program for non-speaking, minimally-speaking, and...

Jack: We want to thank everyone for supporting our 5K Fun Run and fundraiser. I love how many people decided to be there. You helped us...

Any ideas for our next blog post? Christopher: I want to ask everyone what they like to do for fun. It would be good to talk about how...

Christopher: One thing people don't understand is how we have such understanding when appropriate education is denied to us. Really I was...

Our spellers had the idea to talk about their unique sensory experiences. To kick off our discussion, we read the lesson "Got Glimmer?"...

I am Alex. I love being here. I am so excited to spell more and more.

We spent some time learning about the two language models most commonly used when speaking about autistic individuals. Our spellers...

What is an assumption people make about you when you're socializing? Maudey: People think I am mentally challenged because my body and...

Joe: My life makes me so happy now in ways I could never have imagined before. I am happy now because I have agency over my life. This...

Joe: The holidays are hard. Other family who don’t see us are often around. Sometimes those people think we are different than we are. I...