I went to Austin, Texas two weeks ago to work with Soma Mukhopadhyay at her clinic, Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach (HALO). Soma is the originator of the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). This method has helped me build the skills necessary to communicate by spelling on a letter board or typing. Soma worked with …
My Communication Method is Being Questioned by ASHA. Read My Response.
An ad hoc committee of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has put forth the following position statement regarding Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) and is asking for formal adoption by its broader community of practitioners: "It is the position of ASHA that the use of RPM is not recommended. Furthermore, information obtained through the use of …
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Wedding in the Mountains
I had the honor to be a part of my friends’ wedding last month. Faith, love and joy filled hearts and floated on the crisp mountain air as Kate and Chad came together as one. I served as a bridesman to Kate and she asked me to write a speech explaining my autism for those …
Friends Make the World Autastic!
Hello Everyone! I am excited to share with you a video of my incredible, powerful fellow speller, Autastic Tom! My Mom and I met him in the summer at a conference for spellers. He so inspires me in this video: (Autastic Tom's Video). He types on the iPad and then reads his own words out …
Those New to the Letter Board
Yesterday, I wrote a note of encouragement to a mom and her 10 year old son as they are just starting out on the letter board. I feel this charge to share this letter on my blog to help many other families that may be new to letter boarding. The names have been changed to …
New Year, New Skills
by Ian Aronow Happy New Year! I want to start off the first blog of the year by sharing the remembrance I wrote about my Papa on Christmas Eve. My family shares a special tradition in our Slovak and Polish heritage called the “Velija.” But Papa is no longer with us, so we light a …
Birthday Blessings
My recent sixteenth birthday party gave me a feeling of coming to my full hope and happiness as a human being. My family and I went to a Melting Pot Restaurant in Ft. Collins, Colorado with our dear friends the Smith Family. I wanted to be with Kaegan Smith and his family because we RPM …
