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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

(This t-shirt is being sold here, if you want one for yourself.) Sometimes teaching AAC is hard because we forget whose words we're...

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...

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...