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Embracing change in AAC technology: the keyboard to my success (Jin, 2025)

July 18, 2025 by Rylie Mueller

Jin (2025) describes the need for ongoing innovation in AAC access technologies, now free at https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2508484

Filed Under: Consumer Perspectives, News, Presentation

ATIA 2025

January 9, 2025 by Bethany Frick Semmler

The RERC on AAC will present at the ATIA 2025 Conference in Orlando, Florida, on January 30 – February 1.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research, Student project, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: Beth Frick Semmler, Christine Holyfield, David McNaughton, Dawn Sowers, Erik Jakobs, Heidi Koester, Janice Light, Lance McLemore, Lauramarie Pope, Olivia McAllister, Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas, Sharon Redmon, Tracy Rackensperger

ASHA 2024

August 15, 2024 by Bethany Frick Semmler

The RERC on AAC will be presenting at ASHA in Seattle, WA on December 5-7, 2024. Handouts will be available.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research, Student project, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: Beth Frick Semmler, Christine Holyfield, Dana Patenaude, David McNaughton, Dawn Sowers, Emily Laubscher, Erik Jakobs, Janice Light, Jessica Gormley, Lauramarie Pope, Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas, Sharon Redmon, Tara McCarty, Tracy Rackensperger

ATIA 2024

January 16, 2024 by Bethany Frick Semmler

The RERC on AAC will be presenting at the ATIA2024 Conference in Orlando, Florida on January 25-27. Handouts will be available below.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: Christine Holyfield, David McNaughton, Dawn Sowers, Emily Laubscher, Erik Jakobs, Janice Light, Jessica Caron, Jessica Gormley, Lance McLemore, Lauramarie Pope, Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas, Tara McCarty, Tracy Rackensperger

ASHA 2023

November 6, 2023 by Bethany Frick Semmler

The RERC on AAC we be presenting at ASHA in Boston on November 16-18, 2023. Handouts will be available.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research, Training and Dissemination

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Recent Posts

  • The first word in accessibility is “access” (Regan, 2025)
  • Alternative ways to access AAC technologies (Ramirez, 2025)
  • Future of AAC technologies: priorities for inclusive innovation (Williams & Holyfield, 2025)
  • Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training (Blasko et al., 2025)
  • To include us in our own worlds: AAC is not optional (Koloni, 2025)

Recent Publications and Presentation

Patrick Regan and a quote from his article in the AAC journal

The first word in accessibility is “access” (Regan, 2025)

Patrick Regan (2025) is President-Elect of USSAAC, and he also plays leadership roles in ISAAC, and in outreach programs for the Bridge School. Patrick experiences Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and has used a wide variety of AAC to communicate. In this paper, he describes “access challenges that I have experienced as someone who uses AAC, how my team and I have resolved them, and what challenges I face now.”

Now free at the AAC journal
https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2513912

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