Blogs - AssistiveWare

Autism Acceptance Month Rainbow Ribbon My Voice My Choice

Autism Acceptance: My Voice, My Choice

AssistiveWare wants to focus April’s Autism Acceptance Month on all the different ways in which autistic people communicate.

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In-memoriam Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips, a disability advocate, passed away at age 39. Our CEO David Niemeijer looks back at the memories shared with Michael in the assistive technology world.

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A woman uses AAC to talk to a doctor at the hospital

Using AAC in hospitals during the coronavirus

Many AAC users may be at a high risk for hospitalization during the coronavirus. Plan for AAC use in medical settings.

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Keep AAC germ free during the coronavirus

Learn about how we can keep our AAC germ-free to reduce the risk of transmission of the coronavirus.

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Assistive Ware Autism Acceptance Month Discount 50 percent off

Discount Celebrating Autism Acceptance Month

April is Autism Acceptance Month and we are looking forward to celebrating. We are excited to announce a 3 day discount. Proloquo2Go, Proloquo4Text, Pictello, Keeble and Gateway vocabulary will all be 50% off!

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Using Proloquo2 Go to talk about coronavirus

Using Proloquo2Go to talk about the coronavirus

Everyone is talking about the coronavirus. Everyone wants to know about it and how it will affect their life. Parent and educator, Erin, writes about how we can talk with AAC users, like her daughter Maggie.

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Teaching phonics to children who cannot speak

Phonics, spelling, and keyboards for children who cannot speak

Same letter, different sounds: Proloquo2Go's perspective on phonetic keyboards.

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Erin Sheldon at conference speaking to someone

What could a parent learn at an Assistive Technology Conference?

In 2010 I attended my first assistive technology conference. I was a mom trying to find technology that my daughter could use to communicate. I went to the conference to get information from experts. I assumed that if I went to the right conference, I could find the right technology, and the right strategies to learn to use it.

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Illustration woman behind computer and two people on the phone

Have Your Say, Your Way: Announcing Proloquo4Text 4.0 for Mac, iPad and iPhone

AssistiveWare has released a Proloquo4Text Mac app, as well as adding some exciting new features to Proloquo4Text for iPad, and iPhone. Now you can finally also have Proloquo4Text on your desktop, in your hands, in your pocket, and on your wrist.

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Just Ask: What we can learn from AAC users

Last year, we launched a new section of our website called Learn AAC. Our next project was to better support AAC users themselves. Here we share the insights we got from AAC users on their experiences.

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Student and teacher seen from the back with a PODD book in front of them on the table. Teacher pointing at a symbol in the PODD book.

What is PODD?

Are you wondering what PODD is ? Read about this communication system, created by Australian speech-language pathologist, Gayle Porter.

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Illustration of a child using P2G with the mother editing on P2g and on other side man in wheelchair presenting with Proloquo2Go

Proloquo2Go is ready for your Mac

It was on Mac that our augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) journey started almost 15 years ago. In 2005, Proloquo was released. This precursor to Proloquo2Go was the first AAC app on Mac OS X. We are coming full circle with the release of Proloquo2Go for Mac with macOS Catalina.

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Blogs - AssistiveWare

Overview

Autism Acceptance: My Voice, My Choice

In-memoriam Michael Phillips

Using AAC in hospitals during the coronavirus

Keep AAC germ free during the coronavirus

Discount Celebrating Autism Acceptance Month

Using Proloquo2Go to talk about the coronavirus

Phonics, spelling, and keyboards for children who cannot speak

What could a parent learn at an Assistive Technology Conference?

Have Your Say, Your Way: Announcing Proloquo4Text 4.0 for Mac, iPad and iPhone

Just Ask: What we can learn from AAC users

What is PODD?

Proloquo2Go is ready for your Mac