Life-lessons from laryngitis: What it taught me about AAC
I have had laryngitis for the past couple of days and apart from not feeling great, I have had no voice. As a speech-therapist, my voice is a critical part of my work. Without my voice, I haven’t been able to work. But, having no voice has taught me some...
I go to Checkers and I buy….
Last year I used the Checkers #littleshopminis to work on early literacy skills with a group of Grade 0 children. You can see how I did this over here This year, Checkers sent me a full set of #littleshopminis which I used for working on Augmentative Alternative...
The Right to Communicate
What if your basic human right to communicate was limited because you did not have an alternative means of communication? What if you loved or cared about something so deeply, but you did not have the means to communicate it? What if you were abused and did not have...
Expect Literacy, presume competence
Expect literacy; presuming competence. This mantra is ‘trendy’ in the AAC world but it is important to understand the rationale behind it. A recent post from SpeakforYourself AAC addressed this topic. However, the post emphasized that presuming...
Dear Maya: Lessons from an AAC advocate
Dear Maya Did you know that you are famous? Famous means that you are well known by a lot of people. I know about you through your mom, who writes about you on her blog “Uncommon Sense” and the amazing way you are communicating with your talker...RAVE-O TRAINED
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