Why Abby Won't Talk

When thinking about my blog I wanted to find something that wasn't just another website with information, so I researched some articles. I came across a TIME article called 'Why Abby Won't Talk'. I was overwhelmed with information after reading this. It is about a young girl with SM, but also gives great information. A lot of the stuff I read was stuff I had heard before, but this article gave even more information. They even discussed Dr. Shipon - Blum whose website I have visited many times and been referred to more than once. The link to the article is... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1154189-1,00.html.

The article began by talking about how Abby's personality and it seemed very similiar to what I had read. Many children at home are completely find and sometimes too noisy, but at school freeze up and can't speak at all. An interesting fact I also read was the 70% of children with SM have an immediate family member who also struggles with a social anxiety. The article talks about how these children are ignored because unlike children ADHD they are quiet and forgotten. Which is changing now thanks to Dr. Shipon - Blum who has a treatment center that has a waiting list of nearly two years. Some of her forms of treatment included using sign language and having children use yes and no cards in school. Not only that, but instead of the parents speaking for the children out in public have your child point to the menu or hand the money to the cashier. I thought these were really interesting ideas, but made a lot of sense!

I thought this article was great, and I liked coming across information I had seen before and a doctor that I had done research on. What are you thoughts on this article?