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Exploring multimodal alternative access: Proof of concept (Mandak et al., 2021)

April 24, 2021 by David McNaughton

Mandak et al. report on a new multimodal access technique which integrates eye gaze and scanning.

Filed Under: Research, Student project Tagged With: alternative access, Janice Light, Kelsey Mandak, Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas

Effect of video VSDS on the communicative turns of preschoolers with ASD (Chapin et al., 2021)

March 21, 2021 by David McNaughton

girl with tablet computer

Chapin and colleagues investigated the use of video VSDs with young children with ASD

Filed Under: News, Publication, Research, Student project Tagged With: Caron, Chapin, Light, McCoy, McNaughton, video visual scene display, VSD

ATIA 2021

January 14, 2021 by David McNaughton

Slide depicting the PACT strategy

At ATIA 2021, David Chapple, David McNaughton, and Becca Stroschein gave a virtual presentation on the experiences of people who use AAC during interactions with healthcare professionals

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research, Student project, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: Becca Stroschein, David Chapple, David McNaughton

Bridging Research to Practice with Visual Scene Displays (VSDs)

October 13, 2020 by David McNaughton

For October’s AAC Awareness Month, PSU grads and current students will describe creative uses of a visual scene display (VSD) approach to supporting communication.

Filed Under: Presentation, Research, Student project, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christine Holyfield, Emily Laubscher, Jessica Caron, Salena Babb

New RERC on AAC Funded by NIDILRR (2020-2025)

August 12, 2020 by David McNaughton

New RERC on AAC funded by NIDILRR to improve communication outcomes for persons with complex communication needs

Filed Under: News, Research Tagged With: featured

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Recent Posts

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  • Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training (Blasko et al., 2025)
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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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