I have been taking college classes for a while now. Like many non-speakers, I started them mainly because I enjoy learning and wanted to continue academics after high school. However, I don’t think college degrees should have to be the end of the road for non-speakers. Many spellers are in the college age-range, yet I […]

I have had a lot of home support workers over the years. I’ve had both amazing and bad experiences. The good far outweighs the bad for me and I attribute a lot of my regulation progress to learning tolerance for all different kinds of people from having support workers at my house. I used to […]

In one of my social groups at the Chicagoland Spelling Center, we learned about altruism. Altruism means caring about other people and wanting to help them, even when you don’t get anything in return. It’s when someone does something kind because they want to make someone else’s life better, not because they expect a reward or […]