Spectrum Perspectives

Elizabeth Vosseller Trailer-SLP & S2C "For 19 years of my career I practiced wrong".

Meet the founder of Spelling to Communicate! Typically we say people with Autism who can't speak are "non-verbal". But Elizabeth says that term is incorrect. She explains that "non verbal" means that there are no words going on inside their heads, (and there is plenty going on in there!) The proper term is "non speaking" which means they have thoughts and ideas and are capable of understanding, but they can't use speech as their primary way of communicating. "Just because you can't speak it doesn't mean you have nothing to say." The problem is a motor planning issue called "apraxia", and S2C has opened the door to allow them to communicate. Watch the full episode here on this channel.

Renee Chaffee- Speech Pathologist who also uses Spelling to Communicate-Full Episode

Renee is a Speech Language Pathologist who first worked in ABA therapy, then worked as an SLP in Nevada schools for 18 years. Now practicing on her own, in 2022 she also became an S2C practitioner. She talks about the differences between Apraxia, Aphasia and Dysarthria, and how her whole outlook has changed knowing what she knows now. When she learned S2C she realized she "had been doing it wrong for 18 years" and wishes she could go back and work with her former students all over again. She has a message for fellow SLP's that "seeing is believing. Don't let fear stop you from trying this method." You can view the video version on Robbie's World channel on YouTube.

Renee Chaffee Trailer- Speech Pathologist who also uses Spelling to Communicate

Renee is a Speech Language Pathologist in Nevada who is also a Spelling to Communicate Practioner. She says she wishes she could travel in time back 18 years to work with students over again knowing what she knows now, and has a message to other SLPs. Listen to the full episode here on this channel. You can view the video version on Robbie's World on YouTube.

Darcy Day-'Down Syndrome is not an intellectual disability, period." Full Episode

Darcy's story is very controversial because she is using a method typically used for Autistic kids with her son Brady who has Down Syndrome and minimally verbal because he has Apraxia of Speech. After seeing JB Handley and his son using Spelling to Communicate on TV , she flew to California to work with Dawn Marie of the "Spellers" movie to try the Spelling method with her son, and it worked! Brady now appears in Episode 4 of Spellers TV, and Darcy has her own business "Brand New Day" where she teaches others with Down Syndrome to communicate using the Spellers method. Reach her at BrandNewDay.life.  You can view the video version on Robbie's World YouTube channel.

Darcy Day Trailer= "Down Syndrome is not an intellectual disability".

Darcy Day has a son with a dual diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Autism. He uses the Spellers Method to communicate. Darcy preaches that "Down Syndrome is not an intellectual Disability" which gets her a lock of flack from the DS population. But she believes they have Apraxia, just like autistic kids, and can benefit from Spelling. She has become a practitioner and opened up a center in Arizona, mostly focusing on kids with Down Syndrome. Listen to the full episode to hear more. You can view the video version on Robbie's World channel on YouTube.

Honey Rinicella from the Spellers Movie

Meet Honey from the movie "Spellers." Her twin boys were diagnosed with “Mercury Induced Autism" at 2yo, which set her on a lifelong journey to find help for them. She took her non-speaking son Vince to see Soma to learn RPM, and later explored the S2C and Spellers modalities. After he began fully communicating, she called her friend, JB Handley, encouraging him to try the method with his son. This led to JB's son also beginning to communicate, inspiring him to write a book that eventually became the basis for the movie "Spellers," in which Honey and her son appear. For nearly 20 years, Honey held leadership roles in parent support organizations, including The National Autism Association. Recently, she assumed the role of Executive Director at MAPS (Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs), where she runs a training program and organizes conferences to educate the medical community about proper treatment for autism and special needs children and young adults. At the end of the interview, Honey also shares insight into the cause of her other son’s life-threatening seizures and how she was able to finally stop them.

Honey Rinicella from Spellers Movie- Trailer

Honey is he moms of twins with Autism who she believes are Vax injured. When Honey's son Vincent began to communicate using Spelling to Communicate, she called her friend JB Handley to tell him the news. He tried it, and his son also began to communicate miraculously! He and his son later wrote a book and later the movie Spellers. Honey and her son Vincent appeared in the movie with him. Listen to the full episode, and watch the video version on YouTube. 

Alexandra Simone shares how Spelling to Communicate changed their lives with a group on Zoom

Alexandra is the mom of 4 including twins with "non speaking" Autism. They both learned to communicate using S2C (Spelling to Communicate) which uses letter boards. This interview was done with an "audience" of other Autism moms who ask questions, including Katie and Houston who have appeared in several other of out episodes. We also discuss the private screening of the movie "Spellers" which will be on April 30, which is the story of 8 "non speakers" who all learn to communicate using this method. They are looking to change the way the world sees autism.

Kristine Skiff-Mom of 5 young adults on the Spectrum and one has changed their gender.

Kristine is a ghost writer, the owner of a publishing company called "Gift and Author Publishing" and the mother of 5 young adults all diagnosed with ASD. When one child was being diagnosed the doctor said, "You do realize your husband is also on the Spectrum, right?" All 5 were born boys, but one son Samuel, identifies as a girl and now goes by the name Serenity. Her other son Jamie was non-verbal until 5 years old, and when he began to speak he spoke through a stuffed bunny in third person. The first thing he spoke was "Jamie is broken." All of her kids are now in their teens and twenties and still living at home because they can't drive and programs for adults are for those with more severe disabilities. At the end Cindy tells Kristine that anytime another mom complains about how rough their one kid is, she'll just have them listen to this podcast! LOL Kristine's website is GiftanAuthor.com

Laura McKenna-The College Connection, helping autistic kids get into college.

Laura is a former college professor who had to quit her job so she could manage taking her son to therapies, and became a full time writer. Her son now attends Landmark College for kids with autism. When other parents realized she knew how to manage the system she started helping them with the process of getting their ASD kids into college too. She then started the Autism College Connection. She also helps out with helping them get SSI and DDD, helping them with transitioning because she says she "doesn't want people to fall off the cliff".  …