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It’s Time For AAC App Sales!
Edited: 04/15/20 Did you miss when TouchChat went on sale in March? Well, May is Better Speech and Hearing Month. TouchChat HD with WordPower will again be 50% off, from May 6th – 11th. April is Autism Acceptance Month.…
Covid-19 Core Communication Boards: A Free Resource for Medical Communication
Updated 03/25/20 to include a User Guide (below) Imagine landing in the hospital and being unable to communicate. It is important that we are ALL able to talk with our doctors and medical providers. Especially now with the challenges of COVID-19, we need to find the…
Video Chats: Using The Technology We Have to Stay Connected
03/25/20 Just added: the House Party app for video drop ins and house parties. Thanks Haley and Debbie! The world is facing a crisis with the spread of Covid-19. Social Isolation is vital to stop the spread of the coronavirus…
AAC MeetUps Online: Together at a Distance
At TechOWL, we have a monthly meetup for people who use augmentative communication. Many of our past ACES participants have become regulars. Each month, we look forward to learning new tech, troubleshooting device challenges, and talking AAC. We are now…
Connect With Our Tech: AAC Meet Ups Online
AAC Community is pleased to announce that we will be hosting AAC Meet Ups online Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM throughout the social distancing efforts. Join us starting Tuesday, March 24, 2020 using the Zoom video chat. It…
Oh, The Places You Will Go (Virtually)
Stuck at home (for good reason!)? Need to model AAC, or work on science, literacy, or art? Here are some webcams that can be accessed from the comfort of your couch. Many academic and therapeutic goals can be targeted through…
Washing Hands
Last week, Kim Singleton wrote a post called About Coronavirus. It contains symbol-supported information that helps explain the current health challenge we are facing. All people deserve the chance to understand what is happening, no matter how they communicate. This week,…
About Coronavirus
Simple information with icons to share about the novel coronavirus. This includes a shopping list for planning a personal response.
Can I call you? Making phone calls with AAC Apps
Last year, Assistiveware announced a really exciting update for their AAC apps. You can actually use the phone, or Facetime, while using the app to communicate. For a long time, Apple’s noise cancelling software had made this impossible. Now, you…
Getting AAC on Your Own
Most people believe that you need a speech-language pathologist (SLP) to get an AAC device. You might think that formal testing by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is required to get any AAC device. While the involvement of an experienced SLP…
Consider Communication
Consider Communication is a special project for those of us who support people with complex communication needs.