by Kristy Miller | Jun 19, 2022 | Awareness, Cytomegalovirus, Deaf, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Visually Impaired
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus which not many people have heard of. However, nearly 1 in 3 children are infected by age five and by 40, over 50% of adults carry the virus. Many newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) are born without symptoms. These...
by Kristy Miller | May 30, 2022 | Awareness, Cystic Fibrosis, Exercise
May is Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness month. Cystic Fibrosis is a disorder caused by a genetic mutation that impacts a protein involved in the production of mucus, sweat, and digestive enzymes. Symptoms can revolve around difficulties with breathing due to thickened...
by Kristy Miller | May 3, 2022 | Awareness, Deaf, Hearing, Sign Language, Speech Therapy
Every year we spend the month of May raising awareness of the challenges those with communication difficulties have and celebrating the speech therapists who help make their lives better. Speech Therapists (STs), also called Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), play...
by Kristy Miller | Apr 18, 2022 | Awareness, Deaf, Hearing, Sign Language
In 1997 the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) introduced National Deaf History Month running from March 13-April 15th. It centered around 3 key dates in history: April 15, 1817 when the first public school for the deaf, now called the American School for the...
by Kristy Miller | Apr 11, 2022 | ASD, Autism, Awareness
Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD, is a condition that can affect someone’s development primarily in the areas of language, behavior, learning, and socialization due to differences in how their brain works. Some people have a known genetic...
by Kristy Miller | Mar 21, 2022 | Awareness, Down Syndrome, Syndrome, Trisomy
March is a special month around the globe. With it being the third month of the year we celebrate all of the genetic conditions in the Trisomy family. The most famous of these conditions is Trisomy 21 (three copies of chromosome 21), you may know this condition by its...
