As we approach the end of AAC Awareness Month, I think about what I’m sad I didn’t see this month, and what I’m sad about all year. There are opportunities I want kids to have, ideas that I want to be commonplace. I feel powerless to spread them. I know I don’t do well working …
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What I learned in my first week of using my AAC device in public
I have been an AAC user for much longer than I’ve had a dedicated device. I use verbal speech about 50% of the time, and before AAC, it would just not go out or socialize during that 50%. After learning ASL and downloading some apps on my iPad, I communicated a lot more freely with …
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Why offer multiple AAC choices?
I can’t pretend I have academic studies, or know what advice to give you. But I see all the time that people discourage introducing more than one system to a child. Most kids are going to choose just one anyway, and you might see that two (or twenty!) do more for a specific person than …
Symbols are not babyish
Let’s start a rant. Symbols are gotten rid of for middle and high school classrooms (especially “high-functioning” rooms). People stare at all the symbols I put in my home. Using symbol based AAC as an adult gets a drastically different response than text based. Parents say that their children type to communicate because their child …
I thought I should finally do this
” why didn’t we think of that? That’s exactly the right next step ” – a medical team after I spent like 10 minutes thinking about communication options for my cousin Hi! I’m Lily. I’m autistic. I’m a part time AAC user. I’m gay. I’m engaged! I have invisible physical disabilities. And I’m a professional. …
talking in every way possible 