Denver Area Ataxia Support Group.
The spring 2009 meeting of the Denver Area Ataxia Support Group was
held March 14 at the Swedish Hospital's Conference Center.
Attendees included 18 individuals and one dog.
We held a potluck luncheon and had three speakers. Dr. Barbara
Rende of the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to: - University of Colorado at Boulder (flagship campus)
- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
- University of Colorado system
at Boulder spoke about the work now
going on at the Speech and Language Pathology The practice of speech-language pathology includes prevention, diagnosis, habilitation, and rehabilitation of communication, swallowing, or other upper aerodigestive disorders; elective modification of communication behaviors; and enhancement of communication. Labs at her University.
She is currently treating one of our group members. Sean McCaffree,
whose ataxia was caused by an accident, spoke about how plastic the
human brain is. Ben Price, a member of our group, spoke about her new
book and showed off her new wheelchair.
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