Byron has been back in Ithaca for a few days now and has been visited by his speech therapist, occupational therapist and physical therapist. These wonderful people have worked with Byron since he was three months old. All of them thought he his hand and arm usage was much better. They also remarked at how much better his speech was. Sheryl, his speech therapist, said his articulation was better, as well as his spontaneous use of words. Kennedy Krieger is very interested in the spontaneous improvement of speech that can result from Constraint Therapy. My understanding is that the speech and tongue center is very near the arm and hand section of the brain. When the hand section is improved, the area around that in the brain can be improved also.
Other big news - Byron begins daycare tomorrow! He will be at the Franziska Racker Center three days a weak from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. He will now have much of his therapy there. The Franziska Racker center is a large organization that has been serving people with disabilities for decades. Byron will be in a typical daycare setting without special needs support per se, but the facility has many people there to support if he needs it. Then on Thursday we have a meeting with the Ithaca School district to talk about Byron beginning official pre-school in January. It's all happening so fast!
Today, Bob's car needed some major work on the wheels and also needed two tires replaced. We decided to walk there to pick up the car. Believe it or not, there is a major commercial thoroughfare with Home Depot, Goodyear etc, at the foot of a beautiful state park walk. We haven't taken this walk in quite some time and the fall colors were beautiful.
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