u/ryanedw

Does anyone have experience getting an alternative communication device for someone with ALS *without* a visit from a speech language pathologist (SLP)?

I'm an adult child of a parent with ALS. My mom was diagnosed about a year ago and has progressed quickly. She lost her speech late last year and is starting to lose control of her right hand, the only thing that's left to communicate other than her eyes.

She's in Minnesota, and we're having a devil of a time getting a speech language pathologist to help. One actually visited her but was unable to explain(!) what was needed. I think what's happening is that SLPs are in very short supply in that state and elsewhere, and they're overwhelmed. It's been almost two months of disarray, miscommunication, and misunderstanding.

I'll keep trying to talk to an SLP and push that ahead. But does anybody have experience just skipping the line somehow?

What do we think? I see Sith eyes in Ahsoka at 26:36 remaining.

Another user remarked they think it’s just a reflection of Anakin’s red bladed lightsaber.

That seems unlikely to me. The whole point of the scene is that Ahsoka chooses to live, to turn away from her disgust and reprehension at what Anakin became, to leave behind her fears about training Sabine and Grogu. She gets Sith eyes when contemplating bringing Anakin down with his own blade, scowling as she thinks about it. Even against Maul on Mandalore she had never been as tempted to slip to the dark side .