In just a handful of day, AAC in the Cloud 2019 will go LIVE! . . This year's conference is even more action packed and loaded with delicious augmentative and alternative communication flavored content than any previous year, and that's saying something. When the topic of AAC comes up, often visions of...
Prevent unrealistic expectations and AAC device abandonment by teaching school teams that they are supporting the development of their students’ language abilities. “He’s had his AAC device for over a month now and all he does is tap random buttons, he doesn’t understand what the symbols mean.” “She’...
Searching for a new job or career can be majorly stressful. When you are living with a disability, you may feel more stressed about finding a good career fit. Specifically, people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) may worry about issues like not being able to reply as quickly...
By creating some simple stories that allow an AAC reader to make selections on their device to fill in plot gaps and preferences, we give them one more chance to practice communication, express themselves, and make decisions based on what they think and feel....
Professor Stephen Hawking started communicating with his state of the art AAC system in the 1980s. The original synthesized voice he used was a recorded version of speech from MIT professor, Dennis Klatt, who was an early developer of text-to-speech technology. Years later, when Intel offered Hawking an upgraded technology...