What Parents Should Know About ASHA’s Position Statement on Spelling Methodologies

• By: Andrea Palerino, PhD, PPCNP-BC Utica University
• July 9th, 2026
• ASHA, augmentative and alternative communication, autism communication methods, autism research, evidence-based practice, letterboard communication, nonspeaking autistic, spelling to communicate, Summer 2026 Issue
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Ninth grade was a turning point for my nonverbal daughter with autism. After years in a life skills classroom, she moved into an academic setting. For the first time, she was studying algebra instead of counting money and writing paragraphs instead of discussing the weather each morning. This...