A South Carolina organization is helping nonverbal children and young adults communicate through keyboard typing and letter-pointing.

The two input gateways of communication, sight and sound, are quite well developed at birth. In fact, the auditory system becomes functional around 24 weeks in the womb, and the normal newborn can ...

Here is a truly magical moment from The Happiest Place on Earth. Olive Crest is an organization that serves over 3,500 at-risk kids and families throughout California, Nevada and Washington. On one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WBRE/WYOU) — Imagine if you couldn’t talk, how would you communicate? How would you tell someone if you’re hurt or thirsty? For ...

Child cooperation improves when children who are not friends are given a shared goal, rather than simply being left to play ...

As a speech-language pathologist, I often hear parents wondering how to get kids off their ever-present screens. The challenge, many parents say, is that “simple” activities and old-fashioned games ...

In both our personal and professional lives, we’ve likely encountered challenges when working alongside others due to differences in communication style and expectations. However, when working with ...

When I speak with other parents about adult children, I often wonder if I am being a negligent parent. Since sending our children off to college, to jobs, or marriage, some of my friends talk to and ...

(WBRE/WYOU) — Imagine if you couldn’t talk, how would you communicate? How would you tell someone if you’re hurt or thirsty? For many children with autism, that’s how they live. But for one boy in ...