Speech impaired
Ed Chapman's Speech and Developmental Delays Page
Dean, Karl--Here is my history in communicating.
Johnson, Kim--Kim Johnson has Rett Syndrome, a condition unrecognised in the 1960s when she was born. Although she developed normally for nearly two years, the deterioration associated with Rett Syndrome has left her severely dyspraxic and without speech. Kim lives in Melbourne, and completed the final year of secondary school at the end of 1997, ten years after DEAL Communication Centre showed her how to communicate by typing with a head-pointer. From that time her family and friends gradually came to know a totally new Kim, who has led them all into uncharted waters.
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