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Connection

I recently found this timely reminder for parents: "When you have to pick [between parenting and teaching], because at some point you...

What Now?! -- Things To Do While Social Distancing

Here's another list of links, this time full of ideas to help us all figure out what to do when we can't go out for our normal...

Hello from Home!

The last few weeks have been weird for everyone, with lots of schedule changes and disruptions in routines. I've been collecting some...

An Overlooked Barrier to Communication?

A recent study of over 2000 autistic children in Australia found that more than a third of them had movement challenges, even though only...

Where The Problem Lives

The following quotes are from a single article about a community of people who all share the same communication disorder. As you read...

Day #28: AAC Awareness Month - Titles

I've personally never been completely comfortable with the title "speech-language pathologist." First, there's the "speech" part. I...

Day #25: AAC Awareness Month -- Myth-Busting

A lot of people -- especially parents -- worry that introducing AAC means giving up on speech or sacrificing any potential speech...

Day # 23: AAC Awareness Month - My Favorite Memes

I'll be honest -- it's been a little bit of a struggle to get a post up (almost) every work-day this month. Today I ran out of my...

Day #22: AAC Awareness Month - Books!

I love using books to teach vocabulary and encourage spontaneous language. It didn't come naturally to me, though. It took me awhile to...

Day #18: AAC Awareness Month - Success

I have a confession: Sometimes I LOVE data. When I'm in a session and recording data takes my attention away from my client, interrupting...

Day # 17: AAC Awareness Month - Surprise!

That last part is really the reason I chose this image for today's post: Communication is only really communication if you can't predict...

Day #16: AAC Awareness Month - Body Language

For many people, technology is so appealing (and such an integral part of our daily lives) that we find it easy to focus on high-tech AAC...

Day #15: AAC Awareness Month - Communication Rights

For a long time now -- since before I even knew what an SLP was -- I've viewed communication as a human rights issue. It's always good to...

Day #11: AAC Awareness Month - The "I Want" Trap

Requesting things you want or need is important, but it's so easy for an AAC learner to get stuck in the "I want" trap -- where...

Day #10: AAC Awareness Month -- Say What You See

Sometimes the hardest part of teaching someone how to use AAC is knowing where to start. Well, start with what they're already telling...

Day #9: AAC Awareness Month - Cat Got Your Tongue?

AAC isn't just for those who can't speak at all. It's also for those who speak just fine some of the time but have trouble with speech...

Day # 8: AAC Awareness Blog - The Fear Is Real

Who better to explain the AAC journey than a parent of an AAC user who is also a speech-language pathologist? Meet Dana Neider. In this...

Day # 4: AAC Awareness Month - When Things Get Messy

It's a known law of the universe that kids love to make messes -- finger foods, finger paints, play-doh, mud, etc. This universal truth...

Day #3: AAC Awareness Month -- Reality Check Edition

As much as I love AAC and everything about it, I have to admit -- it's not always easy. Sure, it's do-able, and tends to be well worth...

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