Steve Almond: If there's hope for this relationship, it resides in your ability to communicate in a kind and open manner with this man.
We've had many hugs (that are reciprocated) and there has been some improvement in our ability to communicate in ways that are acceptable to each other.
Decline in the ability to communicate in dementia is prompting some to try and bring the negotiation forward in the disease trajectory, to the point before communication capabilities are lost (Hughes, Robinson, & Volicer, 2005).
Adolescents in the intervention group significantly differed from those in the control group in their ability to communicate about sexual topics at three months (mean 4.3 v 4.0, 0.1 to 0.5; P=0.52).
An appropriate education for students like Donovan is a delicate balance between teaching academic standards and supporting improvements in the ability to communicate, engage in social interaction and enjoy some degree of independence and choice.
When I finally chose to pursue policy, these experiences gave me confidence in my ability to communicate with people in different fields, with different backgrounds, and with varied expertise.
It uses one-step conversational commands presented with gestural cues, which enhances its utility in patients with profound impairment in their ability to communicate.
Ultimately, the usefulness of all our efforts in pharmacovigilance will manifest itself in our ability to communicate practical advice for the safe use of medicines.
Song can also provide this, but song lyrics are often more poetic, rhythmic and lyrical in their form, and therefore song, for me, sits somewhere in between dance and spoken word in its ability to communicate and move people.
Both books, I Am Lilly and Penelope's Pearls, are lean in length, yet deep and resonant in their ability to communicate the often nonverbal longings of children.
