iPads Give Autistic Children a New Classroom Voice
Round Rock ISD Assistive Technology Team identifies candidates for communication devices. After trial, therapists decide if families should apply to Zach's Voice, requiring parent, teacher, and speech pathologist signatures. iPads enable independent expression, reduce anxiety, and help minimally verbal children learn to speak.
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Hannah Markowitz
Round Rock
Zach
Voice
Markowitz
Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Tennessee
Kaiser
Jaime
Moderate exercise helps older people stay mobile
Largest trial shows moderate intensity activity improves independence and mobility for adults aged 70 to 89. LIFE study involving 1635 seniors found aerobic, resistance, and flexibility training cut major mobility disability risk by 28 percent and reduced permanent loss of walking ability by 28 percent, with greater gains for those starting least fit.
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American College of Sports Medicine
Orlando
Fla
Anne Newman
University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health
Marco Pahor
University of Florida Institute of Aging
Gainesville
Newman
Pittsburgh Field Center
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