Mary Pearl

Mary Pearl ni inzobere mu kuvura ingorane zo kuvuga no gukoresha ururimi, ufite uruhushya rwo gukora uwo mwuga, akaba n'utanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi wemejwe na ASHA. Afasha abantu b'imyaka yose kunoza ubushobozi bwabo bwo kuvuga, akabikorana urugwiro n'ubwitange. Yabonye impamyabumenyi y'icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza mu ngorane zo gutumanaho n'ubumenyi buzijyanyeho muri Fredonia State University, n'impamyabumenyi y'icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza mu bumenyi bwo kuvuga no kumva muri Edinboro University. Mary yakoreye mu mavuriro, mu bigo byita ku bana ku manywa, mu mashuri no mu ngo, afasha abantu kuva bakivuka kugeza bakuze. Yabafashije mu byo bari bakeneye bijyanye no gukoresha ururimi, kuvuga amajwi neza, kurya no kunywa, gukoresha imikaya yo mu kanwa, ndetse na AAC (uburyo bwo gutumanaho bwunganira cyangwa busimbura imvugo). Afite ubunararibonye mu gutanga ubufasha hakiri kare, kuvura abana, kuvura hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga rya kure, no kuyobora ishami rishinzwe kuvura ingorane zo kuvuga.

Kuri Mary, uyu murimo ufite agaciro kihariye. Agira ati: "Nahisemo kuba utanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi kuko nshishikajwe no gufasha abantu kugira ubushobozi bakeneye kugira ngo batumanaho, basabane n'abandi kandi bagire icyo bageraho mu buzima bwabo bwa buri munsi." Uburyo bwe bwo kuvura bushyira umurwayi ku isonga, bushingira ku bimenyetso bya siyansi kandi bugahuzwa n'ibyo buri murwayi akeneye. Bushingira ku gutanga ahantu harangwa n'urugwiro, aho abarwayi n'imiryango yabo bumva ko batezwe amatwi. Agira ati: "Nemera ko ubuvuzi bugera ku ntego iyo abatanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi, abarwayi n'imiryango yabo bakorera hamwe nk'itsinda. Intego yanjye ni ugufasha buri murwayi kwigirira icyizere, kugira ubushobozi bwamugirira akamaro mu buzima bwa buri munsi no kugera ku rwego rwo hejuru rw'ibyo ashoboye, mu buryo butanga umusaruro kandi bumushishikariza kugira uruhare mu buvuzi."

Mary aha agaciro imibanire yubaka mu kazi ke, akishimira buri ntambwe itewe kandi agahuza ubuvuzi n'ibyo abarwayi bashoboye ndetse n'ibibashishikaza. Uwo mwuka wo gusabana n'abandi ntugarukira ku gihe amara avura abarwayi, kuko anawugaragaza mu bikorwa by'ubukorerabushake akorera umuryango binyuze muri Footprints Center for Autism na Holly Ridge Center.