From time to time over my 35 years of working with people with Parkinson’s disease, a patient will say something that stops me in my tracks: “I hate to exercise.” Now, when someone is referred for Physical Therapy, they fully expect to be asked to...
The Voice That Moves You Voice Aerobics® has always been built on a whole-body approach to voice practice — the understanding that the voice does not exist in isolation, but is connected to breath, posture, energy, and spirit. Self-vocalization as a movement tool is...
Traveling this summer? So many of my patients are heading out of hot Florida in search of cooler weather, but travel and vacation can sometimes be an opportunity to stop voice practice and lose some of the gains you made in prior therapy. So, why not take your...
Dysphagia Awareness Month On September 27, 2008, the US Congress passed a bipartisan statute which declared June as National Dysphagia Awareness Month. Dysphagia Awareness Month provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about what dysphagia is, its...
Opportunity to participate in research from home – anywhere in the US Staying Connected through Communication Survey The University of Washington SPEAC Lab is looking for individuals with select communication-related diagnoses to answer survey questions about...
It seems these days, that you can barely turn on the news, read a newspaper or social media post without seeing someone spewing some hateful rhetoric. Free speech for some, has become synonymous with hate speech, that is often directed at some other group or person...
