Kids learn and communicate through speech by trying out new words and forming sentences. If they can't do that due to problems such as autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy, then it is going to be difficult to learn how to read and write, make friends, and communicate their needs.

Janice Light

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These kids now have the opportunity to communicate, to learn language, and to learn the kinds of concepts that other children are learning.

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We're able to capture them at that early stage and to provide them with a way to develop language as typically developing kids do. They're actually learning words faster than we would see with typical kids.

— Janice Light

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speech to him was a task, a battle, words mustered behind his beard and issued one at a time, heavy and square like tanks.

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