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Words are Power
Maya and her brother, Will, chatting on a comfy chair using AAC.
AAC Awareness Month continues and, as always, we strive to share posts from all AAC stakeholders, including people who use AAC and their families. Today we are thrilled to welcome a parent, SLP, and blogger extraordinaire, Dana Nieder, to share her firsthand perspective...
AACcess ALL Areas
Yoosun Chung speaking at ISSAAC
Today we are pleased to welcome Yoosun Chung, USSAAC’s past Vice President, People Who Use AAC and their Families, to share her thoughts on this summer’s International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) conference.
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I recently came...
AAC and English as a Second Language (ESL)
A bilingual child is using his speech generating device to comment on the book he is reading during therapy.
Labor Day weekend is over, schools are back in session, and SpeakUP is back – with a new look. Today we are excited to welcome a guest post from Vicki Clarke about AAC in English as a second language (ESL) learners.
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Over the past 5 years, I have been working...
The Other AAC Frontier
Today we are pleased to welcome Brian Whitmer to share his expertise regarding message banking.
Achieving Goals for Independence
On July the 4th, many of us celebrated our country’s independence with fireworks, parades, and barbeques. Today, Tracy Rackensperger, PhD, USSAAC’s Vice President of People Who Use AAC and their Families, shares her firsthand perspective about achieving her own personal...
Getting to the CORE of Communication: Part 2 – Top 5 Activities to Increase Core Vocabulary Use
Last month we welcomed Kelly Key to share her guest post entitled, “Getting to the CORE of Communication: Part One – Tips for Rolling Out a Core Vocabulary Initiative,” in which she introduced readers to her school district’s core vocabulary initiative. This month, we...
My AAC Family
Today we are pleased to welcome Rebecca Sobolevsky to share her firsthand perspective about how becoming a parent to a child using AAC has changed her practice as a speech-language pathologist (SLP).
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As a young speech-language pathologist (SLP) working with...
Wading into the Murky Waters of Transitioning between Speech Generating Devices: Part Two – First-hand Lessons
We began Better Hearing and Speech month by welcoming Kathleen Post to share her guest post entitled, “Wading into the Murky Waters of Transitioning between Speech Generating Devices: Part One – The Challenges,” in which she began exploring some of the challenges people who...
It Takes a Village: The Importance of an AAC Community
USSAAC’s members are diverse and include augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) researchers, device manufacturers, therapists, teachers, families of individuals using AAC, and people who use AAC. SpeakUP strives to be “The Voice of AAC” by including posts by all...
Interprofessionalism: A Call to Something Different
Today we are delighted to share a guest post by The National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities (NJC) on interprofessionalism. The NJC is a collaborative group of health and educational professionals from eight member...
