{"id":4030,"date":"2026-08-01T09:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2026-08-01T09:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:06:29","slug":"every-year-its-an-issue-nonverbal-sc-student-goes-without-usable-device-mother-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4030","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Every year it\u2019s an issue.\u2019 Nonverbal SC student goes without usable device, mother says"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Zion Cochran, an 11-year-old nonverbal autistic child, used to wear a helmet because he would often bang his head against the wall each time he couldn\u2019t speak his mind, a scar forming across his scalp.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4028\">\u2018Le camping\u2019, an egalitarian symbol of French summers, faces a fiery future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The speech device that unleashed his words at four is now often inaccessible at school, his mother, Breana Harmon, said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust last year they gave him one in school only, and it would only work if it was plugged into the charger,\u201d Harmon said. \u201cHe really wasn\u2019t even using it throughout the day or anything, so he was going to school not able to communicate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Going into the fifth grade at Meadowfield Elementary for the upcoming school year, Zion has been attending school in the Richland One School District since he started schooling. Harmon herself attended Meadowfield, and has lived in Richland County her entire life.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Richland One declined to comment on Zion\u2019s individual situation or accommodation, citing privacy concerns under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, but reaffirmed its commitment to supporting all student\u2019s educational needs.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichland County School District One is committed to providing a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible students with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal law,\u201d read a written statement provided by a district spokesperson. \u201cThrough the IEP process, multidisciplinary school teams, including parents, work collaboratively to identify each student\u2019s unique educational needs and determine the special education services, related services, supplementary aids and services, accommodations, and assistive technology that may be necessary to support the student\u2019s access, participation, and educational progress. The district values meaningful parent participation throughout the IEP process and remains committed to providing eligible students with the individualized supports and services determined by their IEP teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Harmon says this has been a recurring issue each school year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the child and the relationships with the other students, with administration, with teachers\u2026 You\u2019re just not really knowing, you\u2019re not able to connect with that child fully if that child\u2019s not able to communicate all the time,\u201d Harmon said. \u201c I don\u2019t understand why that\u2019s a hard thing to do or get going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She says that she began communicating to Zion\u2019s speech therapist the need for a device that would work off the charger and be accessible at all times in the second half of the school year, but was not updated on the status of that device at her most recent meeting with administration in July.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe (The speech therapist) was trying her best to get him a device that would work off the charger, or just anything at all, to get him to better communicate, but she had to go through the district to make that happen,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s all. I haven\u2019t heard anything else about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She also said communication has been slim on when Zion uses his provided communication device during the day, and believes that the device is mainly used during his speech therapy sessions, which are only twice a week.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Harmon said that some of the outbursts or meltdowns he has at school could be resolved by giving Zion a proper communication device at all times.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis teacher called and was like, \u2018I\u2019m not really sure, like what\u2019s wrong? He\u2019s just crying for no reason. He\u2019ll be okay for a second, and then he\u2019ll cry again,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cWell see, if he had that, you could ask him what was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Mid-school year she says she brought the device home to see how Zion was using it, but found that it caused more frustration than anything due to its inability to be unplugged from the wall.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Harmon\u2019s own frustration climbed after she saw Zion\u2019s incompatibility with the device at home. In a December 2025 Facebook post, she tagged the district and said that \u201cevery year it is an issue\u201d to find a functional speech device, and that there is always \u201ca problem and (it) is barely working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She continued on to say that the software on the device seemed outdated, and that Zion\u2019s communication would soar if provided with a different device.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son won\u2019t say a word, but will type a book,\u201d she wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s fix this and asap please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>A switch flipped<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>When Zion was four years old, his speech therapist noticed that he could identify some words, colors and shapes by pointing at picture cards.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She suggested that he download an app called LAMP on an iPad, a program that allows the user to communicate by listing words next to small descriptive pictures, as well as word endings verbal speakers use.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Harmon, who at that point had not fully communicated with her son, was shocked.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that point, I didn\u2019t even know that he knew what was going on, but there was no communication at all whatsoever,\u201d she said. \u201cHe used that as soon as he got that. He started typing out sentences, colors, all types of things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Zion used the iPad, purchased through Medicaid benefits, for many years at home until it was damaged twice in a row \u2013 it was not \u201cZion-proof,\u201d as Harmon calls it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The family\u2019s insurance would only cover one round of repairs, leaving Zion to communicate with his mother and older sister through the Notes app and limited sign language for the last \u201cfew years,\u201d according to Harmon.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4026\">Soccer-FIFA faces fresh transparency calls after retreat on World Cup sell-off plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>However, he does not use his phone to communicate at school, his mother said, because communication is limited to Chromebooks and his authorized speech device during school hours.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>District policy dictates that unless an exception is made in a student\u2019s Individual Education Plan, or IEP, they must comply with the school\u2019s ban on personal electronic device during the school day. Zion\u2019s IEP as recently as 2025 did not include an exception for phone use, which Harmon said has not changed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, written notes alone are not generally an effective communication strategy in an educational setting, with most experts suggesting low-tech or high-tech visual options along with sign language. Zion is also provided with image cards at school, though Harmon said these alone do not allow full expression or social development.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can ask him all day and he\u2019ll point out a picture, but what about the context behind the picture?\u201d Harmon said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Zion will answer questions and ask for what he needs at home through his phone, but his mother says he also has a deep appreciation for music and will often quote the lyrics of a song he wants to listen to.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Both his mother and school documents describe him as a positive kid with a sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a wild boy, he loves to run and climb all the time,\u201d Harmon said. \u201cHe\u2019s not really in a bad mood, ever: he has to be really, really frustrated to be upset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Shrinking funding<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Tissot, executive director of disability rights group Able SC, says such issues are fairly common, pointing towards shrinking federal funding and misunderstandings about disabled communication.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act passed in 1975, it outlined a comprehensive legal framework for a \u201cfree and appropriate public education\u201d for disabled students, but also planned for the federal government to cover 40% of the required funding.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>That share is fewer than 12% as of 2025, according to the Congressional Research Service, creating a shortfall of $38.66 billion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>States and school districts are left to make up the difference.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis happens, and it\u2019s really because special education isn\u2019t a priority a lot of times in schools, and there\u2019s not investment, and so obviously that that is a great concern,\u201d Tissot said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have the resources. There\u2019s no capacity, (but) that\u2019s not an excuse whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Richland One School District  from the federal government for the 2025-2026 school year, and  on autism support and speech-handicapped students from the district\u2019s general fund. Gifted and Talented programs were allocated more than $6.8 million the same year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Tissot also says that there is sometimes a fear the child will become too dependent on the device, but that educators should start thinking of speech devices less as accommodations and more as student\u2019s primary communication for cases like Zion\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t need to be fixed,\u201d Tissot said. \u201cHe needs to be able to communicate to be able to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>After reviewing internal documents detailing Zion\u2019s progress and support needs \u2013 largely known as IEPs \u2013 Tissot said the documents acknowledged that communication was one of his largest barriers to learning, but were vague about how the school would deliver full and continuous access to his speech device.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Rainville, an education policy attorney at SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center, explained that parents or even school staff are not always clear on what the district is required to provide to students or of the resources available to help.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to do a better job of empowering our parents and making sure that they\u2019re educated on what their rights are,\u201d Rainville said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The S.C. Department of Education has a complaint form for potential IDEA violations, as well as an Office of Special Education Services Ombudsman who can be reached at 803-734-2833 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <u>Family Connection<\/u> is a local organization which can connect parents with a free advocate to attend IEP meetings or other educational resources. Their office is located at 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 104 in Columbia, or they can be reached at 800-578-8750.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4024\">Is \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 lewd? 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