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<![CDATA[MOUTH TO HAND LEARNING CENTER - Achievement]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:31:03 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Hallmark Moment]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:52:07 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/hallmark-momentSomeday has arrived. I have listened to everyone else talk about Grandpa Wally for forever. That was hard because I wanted to be in his class so much. This past Friday my dream came true. Hallmark Moment: it was even better than I imagined. Going to that class really means more to me than I can say.

This week he explained the periods of classical music and the forms. Judy played Beethoven’s 5th symphony to show us sonata allegro form. We also listened to a fugue by Bach. We finished with a piece by Rachmaninoff.

Never in my life was there any opportunity to learn. This Kyle now has so many chances. I am so happy!

]]><![CDATA[My New Life]]>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:39:46 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/my-new-lifeHaving autism means isolation too often. I don’t mean just the fact that we can’t talk most of the time. One thing that most people don’t think about is that we so rarely get to go out and do normal things: no shows, concerts, comedy clubs, etc. I am loving that I am doing things in the community now. I have gone to concerts at Jones Beach. I definitely get chills thinking about it.

I am so different now than I was before spelling. I get emotional thinking about it. When I started with Judy, I was really more impaired than I am now. Having been treated like I was a terrifying moron all my life made me one. Hate had made me an awful person. These days I am nothing like that. This Kyle loves people…and life.

My life is rich with learning and fun and friends. And now I can even do things in the community. I am so happy.

]]><![CDATA[Finally!]]>Mon, 12 May 2025 19:37:13 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/finallyMy spelling is finally making huge strides. The laminate is finally reality. I could tell that I was getting better. I have something to announce, I thought. So I told Judy that I was improving. She, of course, had recognized it already. “May I bring in the laminate?”

I am spelling this on the laminate, just like I have dreamed of.

I have been spelling for four years, mainly with Judy. I am not yet as good as Kaitlin, which was my goal. For the longest time I didn’t believe I would ever get there. Today is one of the happiest in my entire life.

I really have to thank all the people who have helped me. Nicole, my Mom, Bryant and Judy totally rock.

I am so happy.

]]><![CDATA[My Voice]]>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:28:50 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/my-voiceHaving less than my absolute best written words on my blog really bothers me. I really always want to be seen as the intelligent person I am. My words are the only way I have to show people who I really am. What gets me is when someone is not listening to me. Typing is incredibly hard for me, so every word matters. I’m tired of being ignored.

Writing is so important to me that my words are carefully selected. When nonspeakers type, remember that is their voices. Don’t ignore them because it’s inconvenient.

]]><![CDATA[My Party]]>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:19:38 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/my-party5172074On Saturday I had my thirtieth birthday party. My Mom went gaga and rented the top floor of a restaurant. She invited many of my friends. There was tons of food and a bar with drinks - and lots of beer. The highlight for me was when my family stood in front of everyone and read my speech and one of my poems. Listening to my Mom’s speech was awesome too.

Sometimes, before I could talk, I would dream of a party like that. I have to say, that party exceeded my dreams.

]]><![CDATA[My Party]]>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:40:10 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/my-partyIn two weeks I am having my thirtieth birthday party. I am so excited, there are no words. It’ my first real party, with my own friends. This is really momentous for me. Really, my birthday has always sucked. I had no real Hallmark Moments to remember. But this year my parents have gone all out: there will be music and dancing and food. I have written a speech.

My really most happy dream is coming true. I am so looking forward to it!

]]><![CDATA[Not Fake News]]>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:42:55 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/not-fake-newsMany people want to help us but their words are meaningless. Perhaps their intentions are even good. They mean well yet they have no follow-through. I learned a long time ago that the old adage, “Actions speak louder than words” is true. We live in a world where words are everywhere, and most are fake news. Most people say things that they mean at the time, but in the end, they find excuses to not do what they promised.

So when someone does what she said she would, it means the world. Judy said she would expand the center, and she did. She cared enough to spend her profits on us. There are no words that adequately express my gratitude. Many of us owe a great, big thank you to her.

]]><![CDATA[Scrooge]]>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:42:14 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/scroogeIt’s really hard to like holidays when it means the M2H is closed. I hate missing my time here. Most people may love holiday season, loving the whole hoopla. But I don’t. Having the Center shut means that I have to stay home. Really sore about it. You’re going to be here in Mount Kisco anyway, Judy, so why not open?

So, bah humbug everyone.

]]><![CDATA[Impulsivity]]>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:39:04 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/impulsivityMy kind of favorite thing to do is write issue-based pieces. That means this blog is my most favorite thing. Really there is so much to think about, honestly, that I could talk all day like this and not run out of things to say. Let me start with discussing impulsivity.

Very little is written about this in regards to us. Most people think we are behaving strangely because we are cognitively impaired. They think we don’t understand how to behave because we have autism and don’t know how to act. But none of these are true. The loss of impulse control is a part of our dyspraxia. I cannot control what my body is doing. What it has responded to is really not in my conscious mind.

I can be writing great stuff and be totally into it when my body suddenly decides to get up and walk away. (In fact, that just happened!) I have zero control.

]]><![CDATA[Thoughts About Judy]]>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:43:57 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/achievement/thoughts-about-judyLet’s get real: we love Judy so much. Using repeated, rote phrases doesn’t say enough. Let me repeat that rote phrases might not really express my love. When I love someone a lot I really want them to know, because then they will know how much they mean to me. It’s not only that Judy taught me to spell or that she always believed in me. It’s that she so totally loves me, in spite of my disability.

Saturday night we had the annual dance for all us M2Hers. The highlight was dancing with Judy. Outside of the gala, the dance is the best night of the year. I’m feeling particularly protective of Judy this week because things have been tough lately. Really there is no one in my life who gets we nonspeakers more than her.

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