Sander's Friends

09/03/2026

Sign up today to learn how you can better support your non speaker's body and ability to communicate from Elizabeth Vosseller, Executive Dir of I-ASC &Founder of S2C and inspiring advocates who are non speakers! 💚

Elizabeth Vosseller, Founder of S2C and Executive Director of I-ASC, will be presenting at the upcoming Building Bridges: Rethinking Apraxia, Movement, & Communication conference hosted by Tucson Spellers.

This conference focuses on apraxia, communication, movement, and how a deeper understanding of each can transform the way we support nonspeaking individuals.

Nonspeakers can attend for FREE!
Get your tickets at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/building-bridges-conference--2026

09/03/2026

Scholarships are available for the upcoming MAPS conference! 💙

Time is sacred and hard to come by for our parents. This is one of the most worthwhile investments of your time that you can make. Many of our non speakers are suffering with underlying and comorbid health conditions effecting their GI, neurological, neuro-immune, sleep and overall quality of life.

Meet and learn from these incredible professionals who have dedicated their lives to Healing our kids.

Healing can happen! 💖

Sign up today!

💙 SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE FOR MAPS PARENTS 💙

We are incredibly grateful to share that a generous donor recently stepped forward to help make the MAPS Fall Parent Conference more accessible to families.

Because of their generosity, we now have a limited number of need-based scholarships available for both in-person and virtual attendance to our Parent Conference in Philadelphia.

Scholarships cover conference registration only and do not include travel, lodging, or other expenses.

If attending MAPS has felt financially out of reach, we hope you’ll apply. We want parents and caregivers who need this information, this community, and access to these conversations to have the opportunity to be part of them.

📍 Philadelphia, PA
📅 September 12–13, 2026
💻 In-person + virtual scholarship options

💙 Apply for a scholarship here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgefNlXLb_obD2JkRNTXVR4qxhmphRYJ-CU2OVzclWAJZs_Q/viewform

Scholarships are limited and will be awarded based on need and availability.

We are deeply thankful to the donor who made this possible and continues to believe in supporting families in our community. 💙
Honey Wolters Rinicella

05/10/2026

We watched this, this weekend. I wish we had read the book first. It's long so we watched it in two parts. A beautiful movie. Watch it with your non speaker.

Remember, listening and awareness does not have a look. 👂👀

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all of the amazing Moms out there who continue to advocate for, believe in and love their kids fiercely! ✨️ 💖
We see you and we celebrate you! 🥰

- Kim
Sander's Mom

05/05/2026

Learn about apraxia, the body brain disconnect that effects our non speakers!

What happens when someone knows exactly what they want to say or do, but their body won’t cooperate?

Apraxia: The Body Brain Disconnect, is a free webinar hosted by Elizabeth Vosseller, that explores apraxia as a motor-based difference, not a deficit in understanding. We’ll unpack how apraxia affects speech, movement, and regulation, and why inconsistency is often misunderstood. Participants will leave with a clearer framework for recognizing apraxia and practical ways to support more reliable communication and participation.

⭐ Two sessions to choose from!
Thursday, May 14 at 8:00 PM ET
Tuesday, May 26 at 11:00 AM ET (Includes Spanish Translation)

👉 Sign up now: https://i-asc.org/event/apraxia-the-body-brain-disconnect/

The month of May is Apraxia Awareness month!

Too often, individuals with apraxia are misunderstood as lacking knowledge or language, when in reality the barrier lies in the body’s ability to respond reliably. By engaging in a shared experience, we invite our community, partners, and the broader public to better understand the role of motor planning in communication through the Star Challenge.

To learn more, participate, and spread the word, please visit: https://i-asc.org/star-challenge/

05/02/2026

We were overjoyed to grant our first Spelling to Communicate S2C scholarship to a kind, intelligent young man who is a non speaker with autism: 4 S2C sessions with the amazing Kelly Williams Berg of Growing Kids Therapy, 1 set of stencil letter boards and 1 lesson booklet.

05/01/2026

We are so proud to support the amazing staff and students of CTC!