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April 2020
ISAAC 2020 Short Film Festival Submissions due April 20th!
Discover your untapped storytelling potential and enjoy a red carpet experience at ISAAC 2020 by creating a short film for the ISAAC 2020 Short Film Festival in Cancún, México. The Short Film Festival winner will receive a one-year pre-paid membership to ISAAC for 2021 (terms and conditions apply). What? We are looking for newly created films to showcase the conference theme, Communication Beyond Borders / Comunicación Sin Fronteras. Films can be: Focused on Leadership - Raising awareness of AAC in…
Find out more »Wheelchair to Walker: Educators and SLPs are Encouraging Hands-Free Walker Mobility for Students with Complex Communication Needs!
USSAACWebinar.April29.2020 (flyer) This seminar will describe a multidisciplinary (SLP, OT, ATP, Teacher) Walker Mobility Program for preschool and elementary students with physical disabilities implemented at the Bridge School since 2006. The team recognized the developmental, social, physical, psychological and educational benefits of imbedding self-initiated mobility into the curricula. Diagnoses of these children include cerebral palsy (CP) and cortical vision impairment (CVI). Students participate in self-initiated mobility experiences through the use of hands-free support walkers such as the Pacer, KidWalk, ProneWalk…
Find out more »August 2020
USSAAC is Co-Sponsoring the 19th ISAAC Biennial Conference in Cancun Mexico
ISAAC is excited to announce the venue for ISAAC 2020, the 19th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). The main conference will be held at the Cancún International Convention Center (ICC) in the beautiful city Cancún, situated on the Gulf of México and adjoining the Riviera Maya. Rivera Maya is a beautiful shoreline along the Caribbean that has grown in just a few decades into a major tourism destination, but also includes many small…
Find out more »Announcing ISAAC Conference 2020 Postponement *** Anunciando Aplazamiento de la Conferencia ISAAC 2020
Dear ISAAC Supporter: Conference 2020 has now been officially postponed. Please click here to read our March 25, 2020 press release. For more information, click here for our Conference 2020 Postponement Q & A. ISAAC is hosting informational webinars to provide further details on April 2, 2020. Please click here to register for one of these sessions. ISAAC fervently hopes that this global pandemic will ease as quickly as possible and, as an organization, we are committed to doing what we can to support our stakeholder…
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