Healthy Children

Countdown Begins for KC 2022 Kids Convention Hosted by Stepping Stones Museum for Children

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To empower youth to become active, engaged members of their communities, award-winning Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Conn., is hosting its KC 2022 Kids Convention October 14 and 15. The event provides children ages 8 and older with a one-of-a-kind platform to share their voice and choice about issues that matter most to them.

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  • NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To empower youth to become active, engaged members of their communities, award-winning Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Conn., is hosting its KC 2022 Kids Convention October 14 and 15.
  • The KC 2022 kids convention gives youth a choice and a voice in the issues that matter most to them.
  • With the help of our dedicated community partners and sponsors, we feel honored to bring KC 2022 to children across Connecticut and beyond."
  • Stepping StonesMuseum for Children is an award-winning, private, non-profit 501(c)(3) children's museum committed to broadening and enriching the lives of children and families.

ASHA Honors Nine Outlets and Two CSD Professionals with Media Award

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

The awardees include nine media outlets and two communication sciences and disorders professionals.

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  • The awardees include nine media outlets and two communication sciences and disorders professionals.
  • Annually, the awards recognize outstanding coverage by print, broadcast, and digital outlets and outreach by ASHA Certified Member audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLPs).
  • "The essential work of communication professionals has taken on a new urgency during the pandemic," said ASHA 2021 President A. Lynn Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP.
  • ASHA's 2021 Media Award recipients are:
    The Washington Post: For "Some people think they have to lose their accent to get ahead.