Aug 6, 2015
This week on Round 4, Nicole
chatted with Robert
Rummel-Hudson about his exciting new business partnership.
What started out as bit of an experiment has become a life-changing
moment. Rob tells us that recently he was invited to speak at a
conference about his book,
Schuyler’s Monster, a story about his daughter’s
nonverbal world. While Rob has spoken at dozens of conferences
before, this time he decided to try something different and ask
Schuyler, now a tenth-grader, to participate in the presentation.
After Rob spoke, Schuyler came on stage to answer several audience
questions using her AAC device. Well, apparently, Schuyler stole
the show! Rob was thrilled to watch her confidently engage and
interact with audience members and soon realized he had become
overshadowed by his own daughter. He tells Nicole that he sees
Schuyler’s potential as a self-advocate and is excited about her
future. Nicole thinks that Rob could soon be out of job! To follow
Rob’s new adventures in public speaking go to www.rummelhudson.com, and to
read some of Schuyler's answers,
go to her dad's blog. (If you're reading this somewhere
without hyperlinks, come to http://www.parentingroundabout.com for
the full recap experience.)