my daughters genetic disorder resulted in a variety of disabilities both cognitive and physical that impact nearly every aspect of our lives usually we go along with our routine but sometimes i am struck by how little others know about disability and what life is like for us 5 things you should know about families dealing with disability there are no shortcuts even with the ipad to learning language like anything else in life its a balance as parents teachers and clinicians we need to be responsible in how we choose to use technology to facilitate language and learning theres an app for that a speech language therapists perspective