Matthew Hobson’s Book “I’m So Glad You Found Me in Here”
“When I had my book published, I only hoped that I could at least help one person have the opportunity to be “found.” Understandably, I hoped it would save a person such as myself. Locked in my body for years, I had no way to communicate that I had more intelligence than anyone suspected. I…
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Changes to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Policies Reduce Autistics’ Access to Therapy
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Indiana’s largest health insurer plans to make additional cuts to its coverage for autism therapies, including steep cuts to services implemented in 2001, when the state became the first in the U.S. to require health insurers to cover autism therapy in a meaningful way. After an initial strong start…
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University of Northern Iowa’s 2014 Midwest Summer Institute: Inclusion & Communication for All
The University of Northern Iowa’s Continuing Education Program, in partnership with Syracuse University’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion and Inclusion Connection, is hosting the 2014 Midwest Summer Institute: Inclusion & Communication for All on June 23-24, 2014. Join with a community of educators, families, individuals with and without disabilities, support personnel, and researchers for two days…
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Supported Typing and Music Therapy: Working Hand-in-Hand to Improve Non-Verbal Communication Skills
In this video, Lori Higgins discusses how she and her 18-year-old autistic daughter recently discovered supported typing through their music therapist; Certified Neurologic Music Therapist Eric Lund of Integrative Music Therapy, LLC discusses the relationship between supported typing and music therapy. [dt_divider style=”thick” /] Watch: Supported Typing and Music Therapy: Working Hand-in-Hand…
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How Supported Typing Has Helped Our Family: Rob and Karyn Willman
In this video, Rob and Karyn Willman discuss how their lives and the life of their autistic son, Jake, has dramatically improved since he learned to communicate with supported typing. Post by Saved By Typing.
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How Supported Typing Has Helped Our Family: Rick Workman
In this video, Rick Workman discuss how the quality of life of his autistic son, Zachary, has improved since he learned to communicate with supported typing. Post by Saved By Typing.
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Eric Lund, Certified Neurologic Music Therapist
Eric Lund is a graduate of the University of Evansville. He completed his internship in his home state of Minnesota but returned to the Evansville area with his new bride, Kristen. Eric is a talented guitarist who also performs and teaches locally. Eric joined Integrative Music Therapy, LLC in August, 2008. In October 2011, Eric…
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More Members of Congress Co-Sponsor and Support the ABLE Act
In our last update about the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act (S. 313), we reported that Senator Mitch McConnell joined the growing list of cosponsors on March 14, 2014. Since then, one new senator and 19 House members have joined the fight. Two of them, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Paul Ryan…
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The Lost Gift, A Poem By John Smyth
The Lost Gift By John Smyth Wanting personal communication was lost in isolation and will wait with suffering. Each sadly wailing parent only appreciates in silos of grief longing for the child in another silo longing for them, separated waste assumes as human thinking shapes all silos. Your child waits in the same wanting waiting…
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Facilitated Communication Typers Receive HS Academic Letter
John Smyth, the son of SBT’s Program Director Jim, recently received an Academic Letter from his high school in Brownsburg, IN. Letters were given to all students who earned a 3.8 average or higher for the first three grading periods of the school year. John, a non-verbal autistic, began typing in December of 2010, at…
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2014 ICI Autism Summer Institute Registration Now Open
Monday, July 28 – Wednesday, July 30Sheraton Hotel & Conference CenterSyracuse, NY The Institute on Communication and Inclusion helps give a voice and a means to communicate to people with disabilities, by conducting research and promoting support in schools and society. The ICI Summer Institute is an opportunity to meet, type, talk, discuss, laugh, and…
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A Thank You Letter To Joe Reitz From His Fans At Saved By Typing
On Saturday April 19, typers, their family, and other attendees showed up at Saved By Typing’s monthly Celebration of Communication in Colts blue to honor the event’s special guest, Joe Reitz, #76, offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts. Joe was an immediate hit with the often shy typers, many of them diehard Colts fans who…
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Facilitated Communication Training Conference, Day Two
After a great first day of Saved By Typing’s Facilitated Communication Master Trainer Training Conference on Saturday, everyone was eager to get back to it for the second session on Sunday, where typers and facilitators could start to practice the principles they learned from Marilyn Chadwick, Harvey Lavoy and Tracy Thresher. After breaking up into…
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Facilitated Communication Training Conference, Day One
More than 80 typers, family members, and facilitators attended Saved By Typing’s first Training the Trainer Conference in Central Indiana on April 26 and 27, 2014. Training, which was supported by Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI,) was conducted by Master Trainers Marilyn Chadwick, Harvey Lavoy, and Tracy Thresher. The…
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Autism In The News: Video Game Promotes Social Engagement; Employment For Autistic Adults
As many readers of this blog are probably aware, April is National Autism Awareness Month. Since the 1970s, the US has recognized April as a special opportunity to educate the public about autism and issues within the autism community. As we have previously mentioned in our post New CDC Report Shows a Startling Rise in…
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