Research Articles

Liwanag C. Dominguez
ED443/G – Dr. Cyrus
Assignment #1

Ten (10) Assistive Technology Organization Websites

1. Hearing Assistive Technology
Name of Website: Hearing Assistive Technology - e-Michigan Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.michdhh.org/assistive_devices/hearing_assistive_tech.html
This website is interesting because it covers information about assistive technology to help people with a hearing loss. It has a wide range of important information about deaf of hearing from younger to older people. This site has lists of activities and organizations for senior citizens with a hearing loss. What interests me the most about this site is; it shares some of the common signs of a hearing loss. For young generation, it has some websites where the children and young adults can go or surf into and learn more fun activities, and to prepare them for higher education. The website has links where one can also navigate into other related organizations. There are some resources provided. The website is straight to the point but provided other resources for more detailed information. It also has a product disclaimer. This is site is good for a research project.

2. Accessibility Consulting, Training and Advocacy to Support the
Independence of People with Disabilities
Name of Website: Assistive Technology in the Classroom
http://www.knowbility.org/main/
Knowbility is about accessibility consulting, training and advocacy to support people with disabilities. This organization is located in Austin, Texas. Its mission is to promote the use and availability of accessible information technology. They have an interesting program about students with emotional disorders. This is about the new model in the classroom which students and staff will use computer for learning process. Knowbility organization believes that if we continue to address the needs of these students and provide them the standard education method, the students with ED will decrease the will decrease behavior. This program has six major components and this includes training the staff to use computer based-curriculum and online instruction to assist the students individually in the classroom. This is a good website to look at, not only for individual who is doing a report about individual with disabilities. This organization started in 1999 and it is a national nonprofit organization that grew from the community collaboration in Austin, Texas (AIR-Austin). Sharron Rush is the Knowbility's Executive Director and co-founder. To find out more about what Knowbility program and consulting can do for any individual who may need their support, the contact number is (512) 305-0310 or email address is experts@knowbility.org.

3. Speech and Language Disorders
Name of Website: American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA)
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/ChildSandL.htm
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is a huge organization in the United States. It covers a lot of information about Speech and Language Development, Adult and Child Speech and Language Development, Speech Disorders and others. This website provides links to other related topics about Speech and Language Disorders. It provides different listing of services, groups, updates, organization and many more. There is a great link on related topics from A-Z. This is one of my favorite websites because it gives information I need about students with speech and language impairments. I will recommend this website to all my educator friends, as well as parents of children with speech and language disabilities.

4. Language and Communication Disorders
Name of Website: Help for Kid’s Speech
http://www.helpforkidspeech.org/
This website is simple and easy to navigate in. This website offers articles and helpful information on how to take care for kids with childhood language and communication disorders for parents and professionals. The “ASK” is a great link that they add to this website. Visitors who are surfing the net and find this page will be able to type a question regarding Language and Communication Disorders. The questions are reviewed by their staff and answers will be provided within two weeks. There are other related topics such as speech, language, autism and others. The link that I found helpful for me is the activities for parents to work with their child at home. This site is supported by the Scottish Rite Foundation of Florida.

5. Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Name of Website: Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.ccdhh.org/
The Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a non-profit organization. It offers a wide range of programs and services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, late deafened, deaf blind, speech impaired, and hearing individuals to make it possible for all to communicate in the community. This site has over 150 years of combined experience. Their staff is dedicated and committed to provide the best services. IN addition CCDHH staff is specially trained to serve as advocates for deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened, deaf-blind and hearing individuals to ensure their rights and the need for appropriate accommodations. This site gives information about the number of deaf and hard of hearing people in Florida. According to this site there are 107,000 deaf, late deafened, deaf/blind, speech impaired, and hard of hearing individuals living in Manatee and Sarasota. This organization is located in Bradenton, Florida.


6. Learning Disability Disorders
Name of Website: Learning Disabilities Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org/
Learning Disabilities Association of America covers a lot of features regarding LD. Although there is a cost to become a member, it provides good benefits for people with learning disabilities. There is an annual membership fees which starts from $25 - $50, depending which state a person comes from. Benefits include, discounts on LDA conferences, workshops, subscriptions, support resources, information and others. Foreign countries fee is $45.00. This organization has an online IDEA training course for parents to help them know and be aware of what kinds of services a child can obtain from IDEA. There is so much information to share about this website. Through navigating this site, I have learned that this is a public charity and started in 1979. Its purpose is to provide support, evaluation and services for children and adults with learning disabilities.

7. Emotional Disturbance
Name of Website: National Association of parents with Children in Special Education
http://www.napcse.org/exceptionalchildren/emotionaldisturbance/
A place where parents of children in special education can find everything they need to know to be their child’s best advocate

This is a great website for parents with children with disabilities. Although some of the important individual websites are accessible for members, non – members can also click on some of their links. Their links are very informative. The front page is talking about accommodations, advocacy information, treatment of anxiety disorders and many more. In Emotional Disturbance Topic categories they provide accommodations, advocacy information assessment and etc. In addition on the ED topic categories, they have anxiety disorders assistive technology, bipolar disorder and many more. It is a great website for my resource to help my students in Special Education.

8. Autism Society of America
Name of Website: Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
Autism Society of America explains facts about almost everything one person wants to know about this disability. It provides the latest information, research, updates, about Autism. Topics under the Autism are Autism Spectrum Disorders, causes, diagnosis and much more. This site provides referral service. This is an interesting site because it also supports research to help families dealing with an autism member in the family. ASA is hosting the largest conference in July about Autism Spectrum Disorders. The next conference will be at St. Charles, Illinois in July 22 – 25, 2009. The web pages are simple to read. It is easy to navigate in each link or topic. I found it very friendly to navigate this website, for both members or non – members. There is a free-download to know more about Autism. I like the daily “Tips of the Day” it is posted. This is a good website to share for parents who have children with autism, or for teachers with students with autism in their classroom. It is always great to participate and be active in an organization like this to help our students with autism.

9. Autism
Name of Website: Autism Collaboration
http://www.knowbility.org/research
Autism Collaboration is a website that shows different organizations for Autism. The organizations are Autism Research Institute, Autism Society of America, Autism one, National Autism Association and there are many more. Autism Collaboration presents The A+ Research Initiative. The home page is very simple. There are only few links to the page but they show detailed information. This is why it is not too difficult to look through it. This website will benefit educators and parents with children with autism. Although it is a simple page, it contains big links to navigate in. The links of the different organizations will help educators, parents and students to learn more about Autism.

10. Assistive Technology
Name of Website: American Association of People with Disabilities
http://www.aapd-dc.org/index.php
American Association of People with Disabilities is an organization that provides a wide range of information of people with the disabilities. It is the largest organization for national nonprofit cross-disability member in the United States. This organization is located at 1629 K Street NW, Suite 503 Washington, DC 20006. It contains a lot of information from research, news, overview video, goals 2015, resources, internships, fellowships and much more. This website has many informative links to help people with the disabilities with assistive technology. This website is sponsored by IBM. This website has personal stories that touched my heart. Through the use of assistive technology in the classroom for students with the disabilities or people with the disabilities, these individuals gain their hope, develop their self – esteem and they increase more courage to live day by day. It is good to know that there are organization such as Assistive Technology that provides assistance for our brothers and sisters who are not given the opportunity to live as independently as we are. This is an excellent website to share to people with or without disabilities.



Ten (10) Assistive Technology Device Websites

1. Assistive Technology in the Classroom
Name of Website: Assistive Technology to Meet K–12 Student Needs
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te7assist.htm
This website is impressive because it provides listings of Assistive Technology (AT) to meet students with disabilities from grades K-12. It cites the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 and defined assistive technology device. The fonts are easy to read. It provides a table that shows five AT categories for the disabled such as vision, communication, access, hearing, and for learning and studying. It has Adobe Reader Questions and Answers. This website is also under the main website www.ncrel.org. This site is Learning Point Associates. It shows resources by topics such as after school program, literacy, professional development and many more. This link is also informative.

2. Assistive Device Products
Name of Website: ABLEDATA
http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=27512
This website provides information about assistive device products. Abledata does not sell products, or produce catalog. They are able to help people with the disabilities to locate the companies that sell the certain device that they need. They have the list of products such as aids for daily living, blind and low vision, communication, computers, controls, deaf and hard of hearing and etc. I was able to open the link for the daily living and I click the baby clothing. It shows a lot of baby clothings with pictures on them. The products are listed in alphabetical order. It does not show the price, because they do not sell the products. They have some resources in their site. Some of the resources are A.T. and Disability Services, Consulting Services, General Disability Resources, People and etc. They have a consumer forum where they include review and classified pages. ABLEDATA is sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), it is a part of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), and it is under the U.S. Department of Education. They are located at 8630 Fenton Street, Suite 930, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, with contact number 1-800-227-0216. I think this website is even better if they provide catalog so that it is easier for the people with the disabilities to see what they have especially for them who do not have an easy computer access.

3. Kidspiration
Name of Website: Inspiration Software, Inc.
www.inspiration.com


Inspiration is an excellent software for students from ages 6 through to 12, with or without disabilities. This is a tool to visualize, organize, think and learn. Kidspiration is software for students from Kindergarten through 5th grade students. Students with or without disabilities are able to use this software to learn more words, concepts and numbers. This is great for students to learn reading and writing. Kidspiration strengthens word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression. I personally like this software to help children succeed with their education. Students from Kindergarten through 5th grade build their reading and language skills. We are currently using Kidspiration Software at our school and it proves to be a better tool to enhance students recognizing pictures and knowing the correct pronunciation of the words. Students can organize their ideas using the writing template provided in the software. Both Inspiration and Kidspiration provide examples of lesson plans and activities for teachers, videos, success stories and etc. This is also helpful for parents to teach their children at home to increase their vocabulary words and to strengthen their reading and writing skills. This site has an online store and downloads trials so that people can experience how this software works.

4. Braille Devices
Name of Website: A.T., Kratter and Company Inc.
http://www.atkratter.com/index.html
This website provides devices for people with low or no vision. It does not provide information for the disability, but it explains the features of a device that they offer in the store, such as the ultracane product, scanning and reading machine. However some of their products do not have features or explanation on how to use them. The good things I like about the store are the clear and nice pictures they show in each page or related topic. The store shows the dot position of each Braille piece. They have devices such as embosser and graphic calculator, keyboards, Freedom Scientific Software, Wynn 5, and etc. This software helps students with low vision to read, write, study and comprehend better. Most of their pages show “Contact us to discuss your particular needs.” They are located at 12062 Valley View Street Suite 109, Garden Grove CA. 92845-1739. Their contact number is (714) 799-3000 and fax number is (714) 799-3100. This is a great store to look at and share with people with low vision.


5. Adapting Technology Changing Lives
Name of Website: AbilityNet
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/
AbilityNet is a national charity to assist children and adults with the disabilities to use computers. Their mission is to aide these people to adapt and adjust their information and communications technology (ICT). They work across the United Kingdom and beyond. They are open for organizations, schools and colleges and they offer staff training (courses), service and information and others. The staff is well trained and they give advice and information to select equipment that work or does not work for them. They are very open to the public. We can contact them online or by phone. We can also download documents for free. All of their PDFs are made to be as accessible as possible. They are very helpful in disseminating information, because they mention that if there are problems downloading documents, we can contact their Web Master.

6. Visually Impaired Students in the Public School
Name of Website: Essortment
http://www.essortment.com/all/visuallyimpai_rfwj.htm
This website looks simple. As I open the website, I see the game on top. When I check it out, I found out that I need to register to be able to play a free game. There is also a Google box that I can search on the web or essorrment.com. This website has a sponsored link to learn more information about visually impaired students in the public school. While I am reading the details about the topic, some words are highlighted in color blue. When I moved arrow to a highlighted word, a box popped out and it showed a content link, more information, and a website address for more details about the word. At the bottom of the page there was a statement saying “Tell us what topic you want to read about.” I typed in Mental Retardation and it responded quickly. However, the response was “Thank you for sharing your request. Your suggestion has been sent to our editorial team.” I didn’t know when I will be able to see my topic. However, this is a good website for researchers to learn more about different disabilities.

7. Assistive Technology for Children with Autism
Name of Website: Assistive Technology for Children with Autism
http://www.specialed.us/autism/assist/asst11.htm
This website has three major topics about low, medium and high technology strategies. It shows some examples of low technology strategies to use for students with autism. Most of the samples are inexpensive and teachers can do their own low technology tools such as pictures, write or draw on the board, make an album using sheet protectors and others. It also explains some strategies for medium and high technology strategies such as using digital cameras. When I click on the links for Autism Index Papers, a page under the same website address shows up. The color of the page is yellow which attracts my eyes to read the topics written on the crayon design. It looks so neat to see how the topics are laid out on the page. There is a clear picture of an author and Autism Consultant, Susan Stokes. This link talks about Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 7 or CESA. This is a good site to share with people who want to learn more about autism.

8. Assistive Technology News Websites *
Name of Website: Axistive.com
http://www.axistive.com/
Axistive provides a wide range of free services including product reviews, market trends, workshops, downloads, and product and organization information. They have four links: news, search, products and organizations. On the Publications Homepage under the News, it explains how iPod nano can help a student with a disability. When a student connect iPod nano (4th generation) to Mac or PC with iTunes 8, a student will be able to find a new option in iTunes to “Enable spoken menus for accessibility.” It is impressive how they explain the use of iPod to help the student with a disability. They have a “Search” page to see what topic a navigator is interested (product, publications, organizations and all information). The Products Homepage some assistive devices they offer such as smartview extend (designed for people with eye condition), quickglance 3, (Quick Glance 3 is a mouse replacement device designed for Microsoft Windows 98/XP. It allows the user to place the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen). Under Organization Homepage, Optelec Netherland V.B., Mozilla Foundation, Optelec, US Inc., and Enable Mart US are their active organizations. I can recommend this website to parents who have disabilities to help them find the right products or device that may help their children succeed in school.


9. Assistive Technology Products
Name of Website: 1 Stop for Free Assistive Technology
http://www.onlineconferencingsystems.com/at.htm#Introduction
This webpage shows free Assistive Technology. It is a screen friendly version because it shows the letters from A to Z on the screen. Instead of scrolling down to the products, just click a letter and the page will show on the screen. There are also software, and games. There are more than 200 Assistive Technology products and describes each one of them. For more information on this website, go to Online Conferencing Systems, Inc. or IDEAL, Group, Inc. Their mission is to provide accessible, 508 compliant, and online conferencing and collaboration solutions at affordable prices. I will recommend this website to everyone who will be needing assistive technology to help them function in their daily living.

10. Free Software for the Speech Impaired
Name of Website: LAT Kids
http://www.latkids.org/index.php/site/entry/13

LAT Kids website is helpful for people with speech impaired. It includes a variety of links from, LAT Kids library, free and downloadable speech augmentative software, free blog, instant messenger and so much more. It is the nickname of the Lifeshare Assistive Technology Project. It is a ministry of the Lifeshare Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi. The ministry also offers resources, and one on one free consultation with children, parents, teachers and therapists. This website has assistive technology news that we can listen online. When I clicked the word “listen”, it took me to another website (http://podcasts.odiogo.com/latkids/podcasts-html.php). This page showed me how I wanted to listen to the news. The selections are iTunes, MP3 Player, MP3 and more. LAT Kids website also offers a free program or software called Speak for Yourself. It is a good tool for children and adult to hear and record their voice. Its operating systems are Windows XP, and Windows 2000.



Ten (10) Assistive Adaptive Technology Research Articles

1. (Autism Online Support Group) Autism: Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood
Author: Annie Books
(http://www.mdjunction.com/autism/articles/autism-misdiagnosed-and-misunderstood
This article was written by Annie Books. In this article a boy was misdiagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder because of his hyperactivity. Then he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome which is a type of autism. When he was 3 years old he displayed some characteristics of autism. Through the support’s help such as special education and medication, he was able to learn to talk. However, he was still having difficulties in reading and meeting with people. In addition to this article, it explains information about autism. It is not a disease or a reaction. It impacts normal development of the brain that results in difficulty of interacting and communicating. People with autism may display body movements such as hand flapping and rocking. They isolate themselves to a group of people. They are used in routine activities. In this website, guests can submit an article to the Autism Support group. It has links for doctors, answers and questions, contact and others. I learned a lot of good information about autism and Asperger’s syndrome. I would recommend this site to students, researchers, teachers, and to parents to learn more about this disability.


2. Assistive Technology for Kids with Learning Disabilities
Author: Kristin Stanberry Raskind, Ph.D.
Name of Website: Great Schools
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/2286
This article talks about on Assistive Technology for individuals with learning disabilities. According to the author students with LD will become successful when they utilize their abilities to work around their disabilities. This article discusses some questions and answers to the questions. The questions are: What is Assistive Technology for LD, What Types of Learning Problems Does Assistive Technology Address and What Kinds of Assistive Technology Tools Are Available? The author writes concise information about Assistive Technology for LD. Links are provided for more detailed information. At the bottom of the page, the author talks about several factors to consider when evaluating Assistive Technology devices for children. Some questions are what are specific needs and challenges, strengths, interests, skills and experience in using technology? This article is very informative and very helpful for both parents with children with learning disabilities and for teachers, too. Spanish language is provided in this article. I will use this article as a resource for myself to help me deal with my students with learning disabilities. I will also share this article to my fellow colleagues to help them understand the use of assistive technology for students with learning disabilities.


3. How to Tell Sadness from Depression
Author: Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW
Name of Website: Mental Health Matters
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=524
This article talks about how to tell sadness from depression. According to Dave Turo Shields, an author university faculty member, a coach and a veteran psychotherapist, sadness can cause some factors such as a loss of a loved one, or a pet. Feeling sadness for a long period of time may lead to health problems, interpersonal issues and depression. Depress people have five basic stages they will go through with a change in their lives. These stages are shock or denial, anger, asking, what if questions or making if only statements, sadness, and acceptance. The major depression symptoms affect lives seriously. People who are depress change their mood, decrease their regular activities, weight or gain loss, sleeping difficulties, feeling less of themselves, cannot stay on task, and sometimes they may think of ending their lives or suicidal. This article includes different links such as disorder, symptoms, video, medication, treatments, articles research, self help, advocacy, events. There is one thing I did not like about this article or page. When I was trying to copy some information and paste it to Microsoft Word, I was not able to paste the information to Word. However, the information is free and I was able to print and save them on my files.


4. Extra Special: Parenting a Child with Multiple Special Needs
Author: Gwen Morrison
Name of Website: Special Kids Today
http://www.specialkidstoday.com/articles/special-needs/extra-special-683/
Extra Special
Parenting a Child with Multiple Special Needs

This article is about Nadine Vogel, a parent who has two children with special needs. She is from Short Hills, New Jersey. As a mother she understands the challenges of raising children with special needs. Her first child was unable to swallow on her own. The doctors did not expect the baby to live more than two days. Fortunately, her daughter survived. Now, she goes to school and in a third grade regular classroom. Her second child was diagnosed with Wolf Parkinson White syndrome. It is a condition that affects the heart and can cause heart failure. Her daughter has also an irregular heartbeat. She is the founder of the MetLife’s Division of Estate Planning for Special Kids in 1998. Because of her children’s condition, she becomes an advocate to other parents to stand and to help children with special needs. She becomes an inspiration to the many parents on how to raise these children. She is very supportive to her children and also to the other children that have special needs. She gives information to the parents on how to obtain support from the community. Her husband is also very supportive. Both of them work together to extend their mission to the special kids. It is true that a lot of parents are willing to sacrifice everything for their children with special needs. However, because of financial difficulties it is very difficult for them to provide what their children’s needs in order for them to live normally. It is pleasing to know that there are people like Nadine Vogel, who is an advocate not only for her own children but also to the parents of special children. This article also discusses the diagnosis of multiple special needs and how to take care of your self.


5. People Who Use AT: Effective Technology with Hearing Loss
Author: Dana Greenman
Name of Website: INFINITEC.ORG
http://www.infinitec.org/learn/mystory/danagreenman.htm
This article is about Dana Greenman who was born with profound hearing loss. She started wearing hearing aids when she was young and started speech therapy. She was placed in a mainstream class in elementary school. She received itinerant services until the end of middle school. She attended high school and college without the use of any assistive device. However, one of his professors spoke so fast that she needed to use the note taker. When she was 22 years old she attended Gallaudet University and she learned Sign Language. After obtaining a master's degree in Social Work from Gallaudet University, she started purchasing an assistive device for her disorder. She purchased a VCO or voice carry over telephone. She studied the current technology to help herself, to better her life and to be like everyone else. She started using devices such as an Ameriphone, an Ameriphone VCO (voice carry over) telephone. This device allowed her to speak on the telephone and read what the other person said on a screen.

6. Using One’s Foot for AAC
Author: Brenda Frierson
Name of Website: INFINITEC.ORG
http://www.infinitec.org/learn/mystory/brendafrierson.htm
This article is about Brenda Frierson from Chicago. Brenda has a cerebral palsy, and she is not able to walk, use her hands or speak. She is a strong woman because in spite or her disabilities, she taught herself how to move objects using her toes. She is using a joystick for her wheelchair to move around. She can operate Intellikeys, a keyboard overlay system, and other computer programs. It is evident that technology devices are important for people with the disabilities to better themselves. Brenda is also using Dynavox 2 for her communication device. Dynavox 2 is an alternative augmentative communication device (AAC). This device helps her to communicate with people. She releases synthetic voice-output from her Dynavox 2. She makes a good eye contact with a person she is having a conversation with. Brenda is a good example of a person that has a strong confidence in herself. She proves that there are many assistive technologies for these people to continue living in this world. Although she lives in a residential home she does her best to live as happy as she can be. She plays the keyboard with her toes and reads music, too. She is talented and cheerful. Her story is awesome. She hopes that someday she will find a job and use her abilities.


7. Wheelchair basketball with 'sporting wheelies'
Author: Gia Vaiaso
Name of Website: e-Bility.com
http://www.ebility.com/articles/wheelchair-basketball.php
This article is about a basketball game for people using a wheelchair. The object of the game is similar with the original basketball game. However the rules have been modified because players are into wheelchairs. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation or IWBF does the rules governing Wheelchair Basketball Competitions. According to this article wheelchair basketball is a successful game at the Paralympics Games. A lot of people with a disability are becoming more involved in this game. There are more than 80 countries play this game, and most of these countries form club competitions for men, women and youth. This program encourages people with a disability not only to have fun, socialize but also to learn new skills regarding basketball game. This page contains pictures taken during the sports events. It looks so nice seeing people having fun playing a sport even though they are in a wheelchair.

8. Qualities of a Good Special Education Teacher
Author: Sue Watson
Name of Website: About.com
http://specialed.about.com/od/teacherchecklists/a/qualities.htm
Special Education
This article talks about the qualities of a good special education teacher. I chose this topic because it can help me personally to better deal with my students especially with the students with special needs in my class. The first quality that the article mentions is for teachers to love their role in as “teachers.” Teachers have to show love and compassion with all of their students. The second one is to have a great deal of patience. Patience is one of the important characteristics a teacher should have. As teachers, we should understand our students’ needs and be patient no matter how the circumstances are. If a student makes a mistake or does something unpleasant in the classroom, a teacher should talk to the student nicely and ask what really happens. The third one is to know your students well. Knowing our students is one way we can work with them very well. The fourth one is to provide a non-threatening, welcoming environment. Students need to know what kind of atmosphere they will encounter in the classroom daily. Teachers should set up his or her classroom with a warm and inviting environment. There are more qualities that this article is talking about. This article also includes Worksheet, strategies, related articles, and links.

9. Carol's Speech and Language Disorders Homepage: How to Help Your Child Get the Most Out of Speech TherapyAuthor: Carol Casserly
Name of Website: Angelfire.com
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/speechlanguage/Articles.howtohelp.html


This article is about a speech/language specialist, Carol Casserly. She has written these articles for parents of elementary school students to start articulation therapy. In her article, she lists some points on how to help the child to obtain more information for speech therapy. According to her, parents should understand the child’s problem. Parents should take an active role in the process for their child to improve their speech. They should feel free to ask questions and share what they want to see in their child’s accomplishments in the speech therapy.


10. Hard of Hearing? There May Be a Surprising Cause
Author: Dr. Mercola
Name of Website: Mercola.com
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/03/12/hearing-loss.aspx

Dr. Mercola

Dr. Mercola’s article contains strong information about the cause of hearing problem. Although aging plays a major part in hearing loss, according to research the brain is also responsible for hearing loss. It is the brains ability to process information the ears record and hear. This article gives some steps to help older people to decrease hearing loss, such as speak softly, and clearly, and look at the person’s eyes when speaking. This website contains links for Audiology and Neurotology, Medical News Today, and so much more. This article has too much information and what interests me the most is Dr. Mercola’s comments about how to keep our skin and body looks younger and feels strong healthy. According to him, positive attitude, good nights sleep, and exercise are some ways to slow aging. There are also related articles in his site such as Healthy Diet Keeps Brain Sharp into Old Age, Mind-Training Exercises Keep your Brain Fit as You Age, Low-Calorie Diet Slows Aging and many more. In addition, it also includes (Clinic, translator, products, contact, health blog and ask Dr. Mercola) I would recommend his website to everyone, because it is very informative and it fits for people of all ages.