Each year, NSSLHA chapters participate in the NSSLHA Chapter Honors program to engage members, support their local communities, and advocate for the professions. We’re continuously wowed by the incredible work each chapter puts into reaching…
Posts tagged Advocacy
Igniting Passion: Building the High School to CSD Pipeline
Throughout my educational policy classes, I learned how important it is for students to have mentors and teachers who share the same ethnicities and genders as them. Having role models who look like them, increases…
Providing Hope—and an “I Love You”—Through AAC
In May 2014, Greg Barnett was in a motorcycle accident and sustained a traumatic brain injury, losing his ability to move his muscles and speak. He moved between hospitals and rehab centers and was cared…
Building Musical Bridges
Although language is localized to the left frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, research shows that music is neurally “wired” throughout. For people with brain damage, musical abilities are often a relative strength and…