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      • R1: Brain-computer interface
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    • R1: Video Visual Scene Display (VSD) Intervention
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      • Design of the transition to literacy (T2L) decoding feature
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      • Communication with Direct Support Professionals: The Experiences of AAC Users (2024)
      • The participation of people who rely on AAC in the pre-service preparation of communication, education, and medical professionals (2023)
      • The patient-provider experiences of people with CP who use AAC (2022)
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    • D1: Access Assistant Software to Improve Alternative Access Services
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Parent insights on barriers, supports, and priorities for children with cortical visual impairment and complex communication needs (McCarty & Light, 2023)

June 2, 2024 by Bethany Frick Semmler

McCarty, T. V., & Light, J. C. (2023). “It’s like a guessing game all the time”: Parent insights on barriers, supports, and priorities for children with cortical visual impairment and complex communication needs. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 39(4), 256–269. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2023.2206904

Filed Under: Publication, Research, Student project, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: Janice Light, Tara McCarty

AAC Interventions for children with visual and motor impairments (Brittlebank et al., 2024)

June 2, 2024 by Bethany Frick Semmler

Individuals with multiple disabilities are among the most challenging to serve and AAC teams often lack direction in determining effective interventions. Children with both visual and motor impairments often have complex communication needs. Often the the term multiple disabilities is used to capture individuals who experience two or more impairments. This scoping review focused on the research evidence on AAC interventions for individuals with complex communication needs and multiple disabilities.

Filed Under: News, Publication, Research, Student project, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: Janice Light, Lauramarie Pope, Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas

ATIA 2023

February 2, 2023 by David McNaughton

Members of the RERC on AAC research team

Members of the RERC on AAC research team will presented and hosted a booth at ATIA 2023.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Student project

T4: Doctoral Student AAC Research Think Tank

November 13, 2021 by David McNaughton

2022 Think tank participants

The 2022 Doctoral Student AAC Research Think was held at Penn State University from May 9-11, 2022.

Filed Under: News, Research, Student project, Training and Dissemination Tagged With: David Beukelman, David McNaughton, Erik Jakobs, Heidi Koester, Janice Light, Susan Fager

ATIA 2022

October 27, 2021 by David McNaughton

ATIA 2022 announcement

RERC on AAC partners will present at the ATIA 2022 Conference in Orlando, FL. Handouts will be available after the conference.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research, Student project

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Recent Posts

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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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