First Former Buddy Club President

                                  [Image Description: The graphic is light yellow with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. There is a drawing of  an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) electronic device on an iPad with a green protective case. The screen shows a grid-based communication system with many symbols and pictures for the core words: "I", "is", "do", "want", "like", "have", "where", "more", "you", "it", "what", "get", "make", "to", "on", "good", "of", "all done", "that", "stop", "not", "bad", "in", "out", "go", "come", "think", "eat", "help", "see", "some", and "up." ] CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention...

[Image Description: The image shows a photograph of me as a toddler playing with a toy kitchen set. The toy kitchen is aqua, bright blue, bright pink, and white. There are a white pan and white pot with a pink lid on it on the pink play stove. I am smiling with my baby teeth showing, standing with my back turned away from the kitchen, and head turned facing the right. I am holding a plastic white play pan with a pink lid on it in my right hand with my left hand covering the lid. I am wearing a long sleeve light pink top with a light pink bow center-aligned along the neckline. My curly, dark brown hair was short. ] I would like to mention that I am not a medical doctor, psychologist, or therapist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care advice.  If you suspect that your child is experiencing de...

[Image Description:  There are 4 intersected curved concrete sidewalks winding through a college campus with multiple scattered leaves on the pavement. There are 4 green grass areas on both sides of each sidewalk. There are 2 black traditional style streetlamps with ornate tops with one that has a blurred red flag attached to its right side, a black sign with its white text blurred, multiple orange and green autumn trees clustered together, and one big building with a brick structure along with a clear blue sky in the background. ] CONTENT WARNING #1: I would like to mention that I am not a college advisor nor professor, high school guidance counselor, or lawyer. All content posted on my disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes only with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for legal advice. If you have any questions or concerns about college life as a high school or college stud...

[Image Description: There is a 6 photo collage of the following books: Good Night Bath Time  written by Adam Gamble and illustrated by Mark Jasper, If I were a reindeer...  written and illustrated by Anne Wilkinson, Runaway Bunny written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, The Very Hungry Caterpillar written and illustrated by Eric Carle, I Can, Can You? written and photographed by Marjorie W. Pitzer, and The Little Engine That Could written by Watty Piper and illustrated by Cristina Ong. "18 Book Recommendations for Infants and Toddlers" is in center-aligned teal text with 1 and 8 in "18" as keycap digit emojis. ] As many of you know, I love to collect children's books and teachers read several books to their students every year.  In this week's blog post, the below featured picture books are developmentally appropriate and fun for any child ages 0-3. These are some my most absolute favorite infant and toddler books of all time. Short b...