Special Needs Services

Beyond Speech Therapy is a speech therapy practice on McMurtrie Drive in Huntsville. Its website uses the name Beyond Speech Therapy, and the practice is listed here as More Than Words Speech Therapy. The site says it opened in Huntsville in July 2022 and describes itself as a small, locally owned business serving the Huntsville, Madison and Athens areas. The website lists evaluation and treatment for language delays and disorders, speech sound disorders, apraxia of speech, stuttering, voice, auditory processing, social skills, pediatric swallowing and feeding, dysphagia, aphasia, traumatic brain injury and AAC. It also lists dementia and adult language disorders. The practice also runs social skills groups for kids and teens, with a sign-up process described on its site. Scheduling is subject to therapist availability, so it is best to contact the office through the website.

The Huntsville Regional Center is the Rocket City office of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), a statewide organization that serves people who are deaf, blind, deafblind or multidisabled, along with their families. According to AIDB's website, the Huntsville center serves DeKalb, Jackson, Madison and Marshall counties. AIDB's regional centers list a range of community services: services for deaf and hard of hearing people, services for blind and visually impaired people, early intervention for ages 0 to 3, American Sign Language classes, sign language interpreter services, job development and assistive technology. The center is located on Memorial Parkway. AIDB's website has the contact page for the Huntsville office.