Words Unleashed, A Place for the Non-Speaking, LLC Toledo, Ohio

09/19/2026

Today is a day I dreamt of, but up till about 6 months ago, I didn't believe possible. Waverly's last day with her practitioners Alyssa!

Alyssa was the woman at the the SPELLERS documentary Q&A who answered my question, "what is the success rate?" -"Never met someone who couldn't do it" -Alyssa

That one answer changed our lives. I went home and emailed her immediately. On August 18th we met her for our first session and my little girl spelled ORANGE amongst other words.. life would never be the same. She was in there.

For 37 months we traveled to Ann Arbor, Mi 1-2x a week for 30 minute sessions and slowly chipped away at the silent prison she was stuck in. Slowly Alyssa broke through Waverly's apraxic body.

Winter of 24-25 we started to be able to use content/lessons to get answers to questions about schooling, weddings, travel. Summer of 2025 the moment we begged the heavens for, OPEN COMMUNICATION!

Waverly spells all day long. Picks her pizza # toppings, school topics, chimes in opinions on conversations, advocates for other non speakers, is quite the sassafrass, and has a resounding sense of faith we could all use a dose of.

God answered every prayer. He has continued to bless us daily. Without him this would have never been. He gets all the Glory for my girls journey to having a voice

Alyssa changed our lives. Not only did she give my daughter voice, but the ripples are traveling to all the non speaking individuals I am seeing. All the non speaking that their mothers, and my friends, are seeing.

Waverly's letter to Alyssa: all I asked was "ready?"

Waverly is now fluent. We can spell anywhere anytime. She can openly spell with three people and we have 9 more in the pipeline!

We watched the video of her spelling ORANGE and she cried a little in it. I asked " do you remember this?"
I USED TO CRY BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED

I asked her for her messages to parents and the nonspeakers herself..

Don't wait. If your loved can not tell you about their day, search for a practitioner! Can't find one? Email me and I will find you one and/or support you every way I can.




AI created images of Waverlys spells only

09/16/2026

Bible Study week 2 Acrosstic Poem ♥️

09/07/2026

I walked in all pumped to "challenge" this young man with Algebra 😂

X+5=8 was completely insulting.

Presuming competence lesson of the day: Never guess where the bar might be 😅 ASK first where it is.

They are all smarter than me!

08/17/2026

The National Autism Association is now recognizing Spelling as a form of communication!!!

Spelling will be in schools. It's not if.. it's when???

This program provides communication devices to individuals with autism whose communication challenges put them at increased risk of injury or harm.

08/01/2026

Couldn't be more proud of Dan's words being heard by many for the first time!!! 👏 💪

Happy Birthday sir!

07/29/2026

One challenge being a non-speaker is getting through a Dental visit. Consider how much sensory impact you have when you sit in the chair and amplify it! All that sensory impact directly impacts our motor output making it wildly difficult for someone with brain-body disconnect to successfully make it through a cleaning, x-rays, and exam..

In two weeks Wave will go under general anesthesia for all the above to give her the best possible care of her teeth.

Today at the pre-op appointment Waverly was incredible advocating for herself, answering questions, and being a polite gal. She showed them non-speaking does not mean non-thinking.
She showed them there is so much more to her than what meets the eye.

They got to see me motor coach and presume competence. I spoke to her the way I would anyone else; I was respectful and did not dumb anything down. I showed patience and how to coach her body to succeed.

My prayer is every non-speaking persons they meet moving forward they remember the little girl who spelled!

****** The more you know**

TONS

Waverly uses this word, well TONS 😂
This word is considered a loop. Her body repeatedly goes to it in a obsessive way. However, she has somehow created a way to use it functionally. She uses it as an anchor to regulate herself while she spells. In those moments her body is fatiguing or beginning to dysregulate. She spells TONS as an anchor, and a relaunching, point.

07/28/2026

07/27/2026

The other day I unexpectedly had Waverly with me for some spell sessions. What unfolded was more beautiful than I could have dreamt.

This is what is possible when you give a NonSpeaker the tool to communicate!!

07/25/2026

The moment a speller is able to respond to someone is the most empowering and emotional moment!

Congratulations my man on breaking through!!!!!

07/13/2026

My girl has been openly communicating an entire YEAR! 👏 👏 here is to a lifetime more my love!

Waverly Iagulli, speller, age 7.

How do you feel about spelling?
“I RECEIVED ZION.”
What does Zion mean to you?
“THE END OF DARKNESS.”

*Shared with her permission.