It was obvious »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ student Blaise LaFleur was affected by a disability as early as two years old when he didn’t acquire speech like babies tend to do at that age. LaFleur’s mother, RCBC’s Director of Paramedic Sciences Andrea Quinn, said it took him until he was five years old to say his first words.

Reading and writing came slowly, too. While his auditory processing was high, he couldn’t read three- and four-letter sight words expected of him at his grade level.