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Driving expectations despite language disorders
Overcoming language disorders and building a future for our children comes in the most unexpected places. For millions of children to world over, language disorders and deficits are a major obstacle to just about everything. I [...]
The non verbal autistic child and how to listen
The Autistic child and communication I remember the early days of confusion surrounding Conor and Eoin after the autistic child "diagnosis". Both boys had been described as intelligent to Val and I, but at the same [...]
Speech therapy research center established
Galway Family’s Ambition to Change the World Through Their Sons’ Eyes NUI Galway Business and Innovation Centre support a Galway family’s global mission to make their language learning solution accessible for children with autism Thursday, [...]
Speech and language learning: autism
Autism: how we taught speech and language. While it might sound obvious, if your child has autism or a speech and language disorder, your ability to practice language with your child becomes very restricted. I think the [...]
Teaching time to non verbal children
Want to teach time? Many special needs parents ask me how to teach time to their non verbal autistic child. As with the Animated Language Learning program, visual strategies are the way to go: Help [...]
Autism: In case of emergencies.
We all have tough days And in the case of parenting special needs children a lot more so. At times just trying to get through the day can be such a trial. Not to mention all [...]
ASSISTID Welcome Event
ASSISTID Welcome Event By Alejandro Sotomayor A Welcome Event was held for the first cohort of ASSISTID Fellows at the Daughters of Charity campus at St Joseph’s Centre, Clonsilla. Sr Zoe Killeen, Director of [...]
Autism Experts weigh in!
Members of the Dodd team speak A short video from autism experts Professors Siegel and Sullivan with Diane Provo weighing in on the Dodd family, language development and Animated Language Learning. [...]
Conceptual Language!
Innovation: Animated Language Learning by Adam Harris, ASIAMInnovation is a new series on AspergersAdvice.org which aims to highlight innovative developments and ideas for products and services targeted at people and families affected by Aspergers Syndrome. [...]
Jen reports on progress!
Language progress after 11 months I spoke on this blog, last December, about the progress we were seeing with my sons’ language. I found some video clips and spliced them together to show you [...]
Rian shows his reading!
Our thanks to Pat and Sharon for sharing their story with us on the their journey into language, reading and speech through Animated Language Learning's research!
Enda speaks to TV3
The TV3 team speaks with Enda and the Gilmartin family on Animated Language Learning's research into autism language development and what the future holds!
Irish Autism Action
Animated Language Learning Developed by Galway native Enda Dodd, Animated Language Learning (ALL) is newly developed internet based software specially developed for children with moderate to severe language learning difficulties. He created the programme [...]
Ron Suskind and ALL research
Fondazione Oltre il Labirinto By Gabriela Motroc Disney, Treatment for Children With Autism Disney has become a treatment for children with autism, as Ron Suskind, journalist for The New York Times and Animated Language Learning, an [...]
Joy Orpen reports on autism
By Joy Orpen, Sunday Independent Galway twins Eoin and Conor’s condition couldn’t be treated at home. So their parents took them to the US, where film animation was the ideal treatment, as Joy [...]