by Dan DeMarle | Feb 9, 2025 | Autism, Autism Research, Speech and Language
“A new study reveals that difficulties in adapting to changes in speech patterns may affect how adolescents with autism understand tone and meaning. Verbal communication isn’t just about the words we use—it’s also about how we say them. For example, the phrase...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 19, 2024 | Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Augmentative Communication, Disability, Legislation, Speech and Language
“As House floor speeches go, the subject of recent remarks by U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., was unremarkable — she proposed renaming a small-town Virginia post office. But the speech nevertheless marked a new era for people with disabilities: Wexton’s words...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 22, 2024 | Auditory Processing Disorder, Learning, Learning Disability, Sensory Processing Disorder
“Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to “pick up the pace”? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done–whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs....
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 18, 2024 | Speech and Language, Stuttering
John Stossel and the English actress discuss their shared problem—and why they’d like to destigmatize stuttering. Click this link to open the story.
by Dan DeMarle | Oct 1, 2023 | Speech and Language, Uncategorized
New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK has found evidence that talking to toddlers helps to shape their developing brain. A team from the School of Psychology at UEA led by Professor John Spencer, captured thousands of hours of language data from...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 12, 2023 | Covid-19, Speech and Language, Uncategorized
Pediatric speech disorders for children aged 0 to 12 years more than doubled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with infants aged 0 to 2 years most affected, according to a research brief from Komodo Health. The analysis from Komodo’s Healthcare Map primarily compared new...
