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Author: Kathryn Helland (page 5)

Author: Kathryn Helland (page 5)

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TechOWLPa.org is live!

Posted on: October 17, 2018 Last updated on: October 17, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
Do you live in Pennsylvania  and need technology to help you lead your life?  The Assistive Technology programs at the Institute on Disabilities have a new website.  It is now easier to find out about all the services, including the…
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All The Words

Posted on: October 9, 2018 Last updated on: October 9, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
This AAC Awareness Month, I have been thinking a lot about what it means to have inclusion in the field of augmentative and alternative communication.  It is near impossible to reach the goal of inclusion if we don’t presume the…
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AAC Awareness Month is here!

Posted on: October 1, 2018 Last updated on: October 2, 2019 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
October 2018 October is upon us and it is time to celebrate AAC Awareness Month.  It is a great time to recognize, and honor, all the ways in which we, as humans, communicate. I have just returned from the Closing…
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Wallpaper your Home(screen)

Posted on: September 12, 2018 Last updated on: September 12, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
When we bought our house in Bucks County, we had to contend with lots of wallpaper. There were wallpaper bricks, flowers, metallic ‘splashes’ on an orange background…even the ceilings were wallpapered. Taking down all that paper was like conducting an…
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Emergency Preparation for AAC

Posted on: September 10, 2018 Last updated on: June 10, 2020 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 1
June 2020 This post was last updated a year ago.  It is now hurricane season again, but so much more has happened in the year 2020. We’ve seen normal life overturned by the Covid-19 pandemic.   Mass protests are taking…
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AAC and Vision Impairment

Posted on: August 31, 2018 Last updated on: December 10, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
Sometimes we assume that someone who is blind or has low vision, won’t be able to access and use AAC.  This is not true. There are ways to make AAC accessible for those who can’t rely on their sight for…
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Core Words for the (rest of the) Month of August: Get, Make, & See

Posted on: August 10, 2018 Last updated on: August 10, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 1
August is a month of warm temperatures, vacations, and leisure activities. Whether it be a trip to the shore, or a trip to the park, we all need words to describe what gives us pleasure.  Here are some core words…
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ACES Takeaways

Posted on: August 8, 2018 Last updated on: August 8, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 2
  It has been a blink of an eye. Our participants have gone back home, and it is hard to describe how much I already miss these people. I am sad that more opportunities like ACES don’t exist in their…
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ACES Week Two: Check In

Posted on: July 31, 2018 Last updated on: July 31, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
We are reaching the final days of ACES.  Goals have crystallized and most technical glitches have been solved.  S now can send emails from her new Tobii I 110.  J is up and running with the CoughDrop app, and his…
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ACES Day Three: Check In

Posted on: July 26, 2018 Last updated on: July 26, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland Comments: 0
  The community is forming and the days are flying past!  We are getting to know each other and working hard. One unexpected hitch has been tons of rain.  This is not a typical Philly summer. It can make it…
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