AssistiveWare's SLPs Amanda and Jennifer look at the different resources of the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom that can help you plan for core words throughout the day. Read about one of the most popular resources in the classroom.
Are you looking for more ways to bring core words into your everyday routines? Do you often struggle to think of what core words you could teach and model? Do you find yourself in a rut of modeling requesting, but find it harder to think about other communication functions to teach? If so, you need our Core Word Planners!
Gwen’s parents committed to not give up and see each day as an opportunity to try everything, so when Gwen got the chance to participate in the National American Miss (NAM) they didn’t have to think twice.
In this post, we’ll take another look at the results of last year’s International AAC Awareness Month Survey to see what it tells us about the teaching strategies that family members and professionals use to support people who use AAC.
Communication should always be a two-way street. There is so much we can do to be better communication partners for AAC users.
The doors to the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom are OPEN! The classroom offers a large collection of learning resources, which are designed to support implementation of any AAC system that is based on core words.
AssistiveWare's SLP Jennifer Marden updates our blog on how to avoid accidental triggering. The original blog is based on iOS trouble-shooting with Lisa Lehmann, Lateef McLeod and Glenda Watson Hyatt during ISAAC 2016.
Communication does not stop at home or at school. Successful communication happens when people with communication difficulties can use their augmentative and alternative communication system in all environments. Find strategies for using AAC at home to work around speech problems in children.
We’ve seen that Apple cares about accessibility. There have also been signs that Tim Cook personally cares about making sure Apple’s devices work for everyone. During his visit to the AssistiveWare office we experienced this first hand.
The most dangerous mistake isn't an inaccurate autism diagnosis. It's the "so you shouldn't expect much" that too often comes attached. Kit looks at assumptions made about autism and communication.
