Blogs with tag Autism - AssistiveWare

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AAC and stimming – understanding the role of stimming in communication

Some Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) users repeat the same motions, like pressing the same button over and over on their device. But what does that mean? In this blog, we will further explore stimming and its relationship with AAC.  

5 minute read

Echolalia - what it is and how I use it

You might have read something about echolalia in passing somewhere online, or maybe a professional told you that your child does it. Maybe you’ve heard echolalia is more common in autistic people and other people with developmental differences. I can tell you that I, myself, use echolalia!

4 minute read

Intermittent, unreliable, insufficient, and expensive speech

There is a lot of space between being nonspeaking and being able to consistently meet all of our communication needs using socially expected amounts of speech. Many autistic people, including me, live in that space and use AAC to communicate at least some of the time.

5 minute read

You are not broken

Even as we have shifted from the idea of autism awareness to focus on autism acceptance, many of the campaigns out there have focused on how those around autistic people can learn to accept their autism.

3 minute read

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Speaking and AAC use - ability, capability, and capacity

This article explores the subtle difference between ability, capability, and capacity. How to distinguish them, and how they act as a foundation for identifying and resolving barriers to communication.

6 minute read

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Nonspeaking people have more to say

For AAC Awareness Month 2025, we are revisiting #MoretoSay, a campaign that challenges assumptions about people who cannot speak. Assumptions that they have no opinions or anything to add to a conversation. Pam Harris, an AAC expert and Josh’s mom, found that her son had more to say.

2 minute read

Your child has been diagnosed with nonspeaking autism? Read this first.

Autistic AAC user Darla, provides insight to parents who are starting their journey with nonspeaking autism.

5 minute read

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Modeling Autistic Pride

Teaching autistic children Pride is like teaching them to use AAC. You have to model pride for them and put them in the right environment.

3 minute read

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6 ways to become an autism ally

As an autistic person, Autism Acceptance Month can be rocky. It is thirty days of striving to be heard over the voices of non-autistic people. This year, we at AssistiveWare want to focus on how you can be a better ally to autistic people.

4 minute read

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“You are autistic and you should be proud of that”

Autistic Pride Day is a pride celebration for autistic people. AssistiveWare celebrates all our autistic friends and users!

1 minute read

Autism acceptance? Not without autistic voices!

Autism acceptance is more than accepting the existence of autism. Autism acceptance is acknowledging the true experts on autism are autistic people. We cannot celebrate Autism Acceptance Month without using our platform to give the stage to autistic people.

3 minute read

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Tell us, we want to know

Nick is using an iPad with Proloquo2Go. He no longer has to try to be what other people want him to be, because he can now initiate communication and say what he wants and needs.

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