Author: Esther Klang

  • Communication Access and Mental Health: Why May Matters for Every Voice

    May is both National Speech-Language-Hearing Month and National Mental Health Month. In this personal reflection, I share why access to communication is connected to mental health, dignity, safety, and belonging.

  • The Metrics that do not Make it on to a Chart

    Progress is not always visible. Sometimes it lives in the space between where you were and where you are, and only you know it happened. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. What progress actually means inside a rehabilitation journey. What it looks like when you cannot measure it in miles or minutes…

  • What the video shows me

    Friday, April 24, brought a walking session I had been counting down to for over two weeks. Some days arrive with that kind of weight behind them – days you have circled in your mind, rehearsed, anticipated. This was one of those days. And it did not disappoint. A new vest The team had a…