Andrew has come a long way since he started using Proloquo2Go two years ago. His family is extremely happy that Andrew can now communicate not only with his parents, but also with his extended friends and family network. He no longer gets frustrated trying to get his point across.
Autism Acceptance Month challenges us to examine how we teach autonomy and privacy to people learning to use AAC. Alyssa Hillary is an Autistic graduate student in neuroscience, where they do AAC-related research. Their perspective on privacy and autonomy was so powerful that it needed its own blog, which they tell about in their own words here.
Consider ways to teach combining words and grammar to AAC users who are ready.
