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A Minneapolis high schooler’s graduation speech is inspiring people across the country, as the 21-year-old with cerebral palsy used an augmentative communication device to share wisdom with his ...

Do you know what AAC stands for? It stands for augmentative and alternative communication. It is used to express thoughts, needs and ideas of people who are unable to use speech to communicate or are ...

(TNS) — Ereeni Roulakis is a speech language pathologist who uses play-based speech and language therapy to help New Orleans children with communication disorders and differences. Such disorders can ...

Under the harsh fluorescent lights of an emergency room, most people can verbally communicate their symptoms and severity of pain to a nurse. Those who cannot use their voice to communicate must rely ...

Ereeni Roulakis is a speech language pathologist who uses play-based speech and language therapy to help New Orleans children with communication disorders and differences. Such disorders can impact a ...

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed augmentative and alternative communication technologies. In a clinical report out this ...

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) encompasses a range of strategies and technologies designed to support individuals with complex communication needs. These systems enable users to ...

TUCSON (KVOA) - It’s been more than a year-long wait for some families to receive crucial devices to help their children with disabilities, who are non-verbal, be able to communicate. Imagine for a ...

A communication board is a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to help people with limited language skills express themselves. The user can gesture, point to, or blink at images to ...

Emory Webster, 11, lives in Tucson. In a recent interview, she said she does not like to cuddle. Her favorite thing to do in the summer is swim. Her mom, Adiba Nelson, listened carefully as Emory ...