Ky Dickens

Right. So this is a compounded issue. But one thing that's kind of I thought this was fascinating is that any type of like alternative form of communication has gone through immense battles to be validated. Like, oh, my gosh, sign language. I think in the 1800s, there was a conference in Milan where everyone's like, we cannot teach sign language. People need to try to speak.

Right. So this is a compounded issue. But one thing that's kind of I thought this was fascinating is that any type of like alternative form of communication has gone through immense battles to be validated. Like, oh, my gosh, sign language. I think in the 1800s, there was a conference in Milan where everyone's like, we cannot teach sign language. People need to try to speak.

Right. So this is a compounded issue. But one thing that's kind of I thought this was fascinating is that any type of like alternative form of communication has gone through immense battles to be validated. Like, oh, my gosh, sign language. I think in the 1800s, there was a conference in Milan where everyone's like, we cannot teach sign language. People need to try to speak.

Sign language went through battles for, I mean, over 100 years to try to even get accepted as a real language. And it wasn't until the 70s or 80s when that happened. And then Braille, Louis Braille, who invented Braille. The people at the school where he invented it was like, you guys can't use this. We don't accept this. And we don't believe you can read by touching dots.

Sign language went through battles for, I mean, over 100 years to try to even get accepted as a real language. And it wasn't until the 70s or 80s when that happened. And then Braille, Louis Braille, who invented Braille. The people at the school where he invented it was like, you guys can't use this. We don't accept this. And we don't believe you can read by touching dots.

Sign language went through battles for, I mean, over 100 years to try to even get accepted as a real language. And it wasn't until the 70s or 80s when that happened. And then Braille, Louis Braille, who invented Braille. The people at the school where he invented it was like, you guys can't use this. We don't accept this. And we don't believe you can read by touching dots.

And we don't believe you can type by poking holes. That's impossible. That seems nuts. So when they did, they would do these tests with Louis and other students to be like, OK, you write one word and you spell, you know, and you read it with your dots. And they did. And then they'd say it's fake. They planned it. They pre-planned the words. And it wasn't until multiple times.

And we don't believe you can type by poking holes. That's impossible. That seems nuts. So when they did, they would do these tests with Louis and other students to be like, OK, you write one word and you spell, you know, and you read it with your dots. And they did. And then they'd say it's fake. They planned it. They pre-planned the words. And it wasn't until multiple times.

And we don't believe you can type by poking holes. That's impossible. That seems nuts. So when they did, they would do these tests with Louis and other students to be like, OK, you write one word and you spell, you know, and you read it with your dots. And they did. And then they'd say it's fake. They planned it. They pre-planned the words. And it wasn't until multiple times.

You know, variations that finally Braille was accepted. And now we're seeing the same thing with spelling to communicate. They need a communication partner. Just like to read, you need glasses. It doesn't mean they're not communicating on their own. They just need someone to help support their motor control.

You know, variations that finally Braille was accepted. And now we're seeing the same thing with spelling to communicate. They need a communication partner. Just like to read, you need glasses. It doesn't mean they're not communicating on their own. They just need someone to help support their motor control.

You know, variations that finally Braille was accepted. And now we're seeing the same thing with spelling to communicate. They need a communication partner. Just like to read, you need glasses. It doesn't mean they're not communicating on their own. They just need someone to help support their motor control.

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Well, yeah. I mean, you think about it, right? For now, you know, decades, if you have apraxia and you're a non-speaker and you're considered you're not in there, people will treat them, put them in school systems where they're trying to teach them to, like, behaviors that are impossible if you can't control your body.

Well, yeah. I mean, you think about it, right? For now, you know, decades, if you have apraxia and you're a non-speaker and you're considered you're not in there, people will treat them, put them in school systems where they're trying to teach them to, like, behaviors that are impossible if you can't control your body.

Well, yeah. I mean, you think about it, right? For now, you know, decades, if you have apraxia and you're a non-speaker and you're considered you're not in there, people will treat them, put them in school systems where they're trying to teach them to, like, behaviors that are impossible if you can't control your body.

And then often teach them over and over colors and shapes and teach them like they're not getting it, that they're not smart. So they've been robbed of their education. They've been robbed of an entire livelihood. So to admit that we've been wrong about this entire population and educating them wrong, I mean, that's a lot of reckoning. That's a lot of wrong.

And then often teach them over and over colors and shapes and teach them like they're not getting it, that they're not smart. So they've been robbed of their education. They've been robbed of an entire livelihood. So to admit that we've been wrong about this entire population and educating them wrong, I mean, that's a lot of reckoning. That's a lot of wrong.