Listen and Talk Current Family Spotlight: Amelia
Listen to Elizabeth and Arnold, Amelia’s parents, explain what Listen and Talk means to them.
As Amelia says, “I am a superHEARo. I love Listen and Talk!“
Elizabeth: Oh my goodness. Do it again.
Amelia: Amelia.
Elizabeth: What’s your name?
Amelia: I’m Amelia.
Elizabeth: Amelia! Can you say hi?
Arnold and Amelia: Hi!
Arnold: I’m Arnold.
Elizabeth: I’m Elizabeth.
Elizabeth: Our family started receiving services from Listen and Talk when Amelia was four months old. Our family is different because Listen and Talk has provided these services to us and it has helped us and helped Amelia improve her communication skills.
[Video clip showing Amelia and Maura, Listen and Talk’s Executive Director dancing to music during Listen and Talk’s 2023 Founder’s Day.]
Elizabeth: Now she attends the Blended Classroom Listen and Talk Preschool. Listen and Talk has provided us all the tools to help Amelia be the best version of herself.
[Image of Amelia smiling at herself in the mirror]
Amelia: I’m a superhero!
Elizabeth: Do you love Listen and Talk?
Amelia: Yeah!
Elizabeth: Can you say “I love Listen and Talk?”
Amelia: I love Listen and Talk!
Elizabeth: Please donate to Listen and Talk.
(Amelia says rawr, rawr, rawr…)
(The next clip shows Elizabeth modeling language for Amelia to repeat.)
Elizabeth: Please donate to Listen and Talk!
Amelia: Please donate to Listen and Talk!
(Video fades out to a white background that displays Listen and Talk’s logo and a link to www.listenandtalk.org/donate followed by Listen and Talk’s copyright statement: © 2023 Listen and Talk. All Rights Reserved. Listen and Talk is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Kirkland, Washington. We provide specialized listening and spoken language programs and services to families and their deaf and hard-of-hearing children across the Puget Sound region and beyond in Western and Central Washington state. To learn more, visit www.listenandtalk.org.)
Note: This blog post and video was produced as part of Listen and Talk’s 2023 Giving Tuesday campaign in November 2023. We thank Elizabeth, Arnold and Amelia for participating and sharing their story.
