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Q&A: Adequate and Necessary Information to Support Speech-Generating Device Funding Requests
This SpeakUp! blog addresses questions posed to Lewis Golinker, Esquire, USSAAC's former Advocacy Director, about the development of adequate and necessary information to support speech-generating device (SGD) funding requests. This is a condensed version of Lew's response...
Celebrate AAC Awareness Month This Year
New SpeakUp! blog post on an AAC awareness campaign funded by USSAAC mini grant program.
USSAAC Leaders & Legends: Lew Golinker
Today we honor, Lew Golinker! As an attorney and advocate, Lew Golinker has been instrumental in advocating for funding of speech-generating devices for people who use AAC in the United States. He was a key figure in the development of the funding mechanism for...
Speak Up! & AACT: Mateo Moreno on Teaching Kids about AAC
Mateo Moreno shares his experience of sharing his story as a person who uses AAC with children to raise awareness about all the ways people communicate.
Introducing Speak Up! and AACT: Patrick Regan
Patrick Regan advocates for the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act, currently under review by Congress
