![]() ![]() She starts playing with her collection of toy mermaids, monsters and dinosaurs and then turns to her parents Robert and Julie Rummel-Hudson. She uses an electronic device to form sentences.īut communication is still a constant struggle. And the disorder also affects her motor coordination, making writing and sign language difficult. So she sounds about the same as she did when she was two years old. It's a rare genetic brain disorder that makes it impossible for her to form hard consonants. ![]() And as soon as I walk in the door, she grabs my microphone and starts chattering away. That's clear immediately, just from the way she's dressed on this rainy Saturday: bright bottle-red hair, pink camouflage headscarf, flower-print tee shirt pulled over a long-sleeved black shirt. Just because eight-year-old Schuyler Rummel-Hudson can't speak doesn't mean she doesn't have something to say. Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter. ![]()
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