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What is your best advice to people who wish to communicate with non-verbal people? I teach art to students with severe autism, many of them are non-verbal and are unable to use any form of communication devices. Frequently I will ask them questions or say things even though I know they won't respond verbally. Is this rude? The student usually responds joyously so I continue to talk to them.

Thanks for the response! I'll just continue talking to everyone the same. :)

We have various communication devices and programs (individualized for each student). However, there are many who are unable to even understand how to use the device and are working at a much more basic level of pointing to a picture of what they need (which can also be a difficult task).

No worries! :)

Is there any research on blood clotting disorders and Covid? Specifically antiphospholipid syndrome. I was diagnosed with APS last year after surviving a serious subclavian dvt in Dec 2020 (vTOS was also involved). If you have any studies on APS, Covid related or not, I’d be very interested!

I have seen some articles about APS antibodies being elevated in Covid patients, but I’m unsure how valid these studies were.