Posters & Handouts – AAC Community

Poster with different terms for people who don't speak

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Today marks the 28th International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The United Nations’ work in this area is predicated on the idea that “all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated ” (Vienna Declaration, 1993). None of this can hope…

A Cartoon of an elephant with descriptive words around it; "Big, smart, heavy, gray animal."

AAC and Descriptive Teaching: Let Me Show You What I Know

During the pandemic, speech therapists and teachers have understandably focused more on the HOW of teaching than the WHAT. They have been challenged like never before. Google Classroom, Whiteboard, Jamboard, screen mirroring, document cameras…. Who would have imagined that these…

Different size shoes and the message to Speak my language, use my AAC.

AAC Posters

I love October. AAC Awareness Month is a chance to shine a light on this topic that we care so deeply about. I enjoy getting to see all the wonderful posters, gifs, and memes. They help to remind us of…

AAC Awareness and Free Speech for All

October is AAC Awareness Month, and a great time to acknowledge developments in the world of augmentative and alternative communication. This year has brought head tracking to some apps on the iPad Pro, and the ability to make phone calls from…

"Assume intention to teach intention." quote from Kate Ahern

AAC and Teaching Intentional Communication

In the past two weeks, I have been mulling over something that Kate Ahern said during her presentation at AAC in the Cloud. “Assume intention to teach intention.” How do we acquire vocabulary, and intentional use of language through AAC? …

Image of a mountain road with an AAC poem

Not Just a Month….

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Image of a very weird statue and some quotes from an AAC user.

All The Words

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…

Wallpaper your Home(screen)

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…

Image of poster saying, Yes I speak and I use AAC It's my voice, my choice.

Using both AAC and Spoken Words.

AAC is not simply for those who cannot speak. That’s why it’s called Augmentative and Alternative Communication. On Twitter, I have encountered several autistic adults who speak and use AAC. They have a lot to say and I am learning…