After the fun-filled days of summer, it is almost time to go back to school again. Plan ahead, and make sure you are prepared for your first day at school. Have a game plan and be calm, be cool, and be organized!

 
Here are some tips to help you prepare for going back to school and make this school year productive and successful.

We asked members of our AssistiveWare’s Family members AAC community how they use light-tech AAC in everyday life.

We are excited to introduce our brand new website. We have so much to share!

To learn how to create grammar on an AAC system, you’ll need to see how the AAC system does grammar – even if you already know how good grammar sounds in speech.

For AAC users, it can be a wonderful experience to get immersed in a completely AAC-supported environment, and to make connections with their peers. It might be a little intimidating at first, especially for first-time campers, but the rewards are immense.

Proloquo2Go and Proloquo4Text user Derek Burrow talks about his love for roleplaying games. He explains why they’re a perfect method to teach social and communication skills, all with the help of AAC!

AssistiveWare’s Amanda, Speech Language Pathologist, shares how to create a paper-based AAC book of your vocabulary. With it you will always have a backup communication system if anything should happen to your device.

If we believe that accessibility is important and we should be implementing it, why don’t we already consistently and thoroughly account for disability in design? Is it just a knowledge gap, or is there more at work? 

Got the game? Check!
Got some players? Check!
AAC system ready? Check!
Having fun? Check!
Building communication? Check!

We often talk about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as giving a voice, but nobody can decide for somebody else what their true voice is.