Register for this event: Apraxia: The Brain Body Disconnect Virtual Event

May is Apraxia Awareness Month. Apraxia is something our spellers experience on a daily basis. It shows up in their struggles with spoken communication of course, but our spellers also experience it in the form of a brain-body disconnect when it comes to their overall motor planning: completing novel tasks, following directions, getting their eyes and hands to coordinate together, etc.

Elizabeth Vosseller, the founder of Spelling to Communicate, will be hosting this virtual event.

Sunday, May 17 (11AM - 3PM)

Behind the Autism Community Store

Stop by Hope On Board Spelling Center’s booth at the fair to learn more about Spelling to Communicate™ and get connected with a practitioner near you!

Thursday, May 28 (6:30PM - 8PM)

Virtual Event

RSVP here

Since 1991, Dr. Susan Daniel has specialized in providing diagnostic and therapeutic vision care for neurodivergent, apraxic, and non-speaking individuals, addressing visual disorders including ocular-motor dysfunction, focusing difficulties, eye-teaming challenges, and perceptual-motor skill delays.

Dr. Daniel earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Davis in 1987 and her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1991. Through her practice, Susan Daniel Optometry Consulting, she offers comprehensive evaluations, Speller Consultations, and tele-health vision therapy services to patients in California, Arizona, and Georgia.

Dr. Daniel advocates for comprehensive vision care within the non-speaking community. She is featured in Episode 4 of the documentary series Underestimated: The Heroic Rise of Non-Speaking Spellers, which follows two non-speakers with Down syndrome on their spelling journey (www.underestimated.tv).

Dr. Daniel served as Past-President of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association and regularly presents at educational conferences both nationally and internationally. Her mission is to train and inspire neuro-developmental optometrists to serve non-speaking populations and to enhance the quality of life for children and adults who can benefit from specialized vision care.

Dr. Daniel is married to optometrist Dr. Christopher Davis and is the proud mother of four children: daughters Rachel, Liz, and Elaina, and son Matthew, who is a Speller. In her free time, she enjoys basketball, sewing, and traveling.