The gift of speech</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="The gift of speech"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="The,gift,of,speech"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">08-12-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>The gift of speech</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_9fLfVhFd02fWGUqtqnuZ_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Indiana, USA (J&C): Mariela Pacheco-Gonzales, 7, was all smiles Tuesday morning at Wea Ridge Elementary School. The special needs student received a free communication device that retails for almost $9,000. Mariela copes with Down syndrome, has a hearing impairment and is unable to communicate verbally. Mariela is one of 40 people worldwide to receive the device from Prentke Romich Co. The international company is celebrating its 40th anniversary by awarding the Vantage Plus devices. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/NEWS/612060314/1152/NEWS " target="blank">www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/NEWS/612060314/1152/NEWS </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show