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A daughter with cerebral palsy, a son with Down syndrome, an adventurous husband, a once-wild Westie, a camera, and a worn out pair of running shoes.
We are familiar with which sounds are tough for him, so if a word isn’t clear it’s easier for us to figure out what the word is supposed to be (a simple example would be the “l” sound: To improve speech production in young kids, the company recommended beginning with a six-week protocol of reading aloud for 10-15 minutes per day while wearing the headset – barely any effort at all. At first, I wasn’t sure if it was working, but it didn’t take long to notice improvements in his speech production. I’ve been a runner for many years, and several of my running friends use Aftershokz bone conduction headphones so they can listen to music but still hear sounds around them (like cars or dogs).
A friend of mine (I’ll call her Jamie) has an adult daughter (I’ll call her Sophie) with cerebral palsy – like Sarah Kate, but her case is more severe. Sarah Kate is mature and grounded for her age, and there’s a notable lack of drama in our household (but not ZERO drama People may not hope their baby will be born with Down syndrome, but most people would like to have a child who’s outgoing, positive, and happy. Subscribers receive notice of new blog posts, other tidbits, and links to Sarah Kate’s latest YouTube videos in their inbox.
Sarah Kate worked on her diving all summer and became comfortable with a seated dive on the edge of the pool, but the gutter was really deep – too deep for her to sit on the edge of the pool and be able to put her feet against the wall to push off. the top seed for the heat – for the first time ever (well, the first time with other swimmers in the pool). Sarah Kate worked this summer as a swim coach for her long-time summer team, FAST. She hopes to return to The Fred this fall, this time a little wiser and with a little more fire in her belly, because now she knows how far she has the potential to go with para-swimming.
Sarah Kate falls to the fringes on the occasions when she must use a wheelchair, and often opts out of typical teenager activities because the amount of walking (or just keeping up with her friends) just didn’t seem worth the effort to her. Long before she became a swimmer, Sarah Kate did fun runs, and she especially loved the Kids’ Races at Walt Disney World. The Alinker is only available in one color – yellow, and before Sarah Kate used it we weren’t a fan of the yellow. They told us that if Sarah Kate’s doctor wrote a letter designating it a necessary mobility aid we could.