All USSAAC stakeholder groups should prepare for disasters. This webinar focuses on actions/ resources key to disaster preparation, response, relief and recovery. We will highlight a family’s perspective and discuss the importance of planning, as well as staying flexible. We will also discuss long term recovery issues and the emotional toll disasters inflict on those…
Growing up in the 1980s was challenging as child with cerebral palsy. I was smart, but I couldn’t talk, so nobody heard me. This is a story about how I learned how to communicate, first with symbols then with a speech device and how it changed my life.
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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…
Throughout the current COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are experiencing a surge of patients who may temporarily be unable to speak while also caring for patients with existing communication difficulties. This session will present current patient-provider communication barriers experienced in hospitals as well as AAC solutions to address these barriers. Emergency preparedness and communication planning tips related…
Having enjoyed our first online chat on April 20th, ISAAC would like to invite people who use AAC to meet again on May 4th to talk about what's important to us. As Chair of the ISAAC LEAD/PWUAAC Committee, Lateef McLeod will host for the second of what we hope will be many regular opportunities to…
Aided language input involves pairing speech with graphic symbols to teach symbolic communication. An often overlooked aspect of aided language input is attributing meaning to non-symbolic behaviors. This webinar will review the literature on these practices with pre-symbolic communicators. Then the session will focus on aided language input with core vocabulary as part of naturalistic…
Join us as we showcase specific tools supporting communication about the COVID-19 virus and the unique circumstances involved. Resources presented will include supporting a communicator with COVID-19, supporting communication at home, as well as tools for virtual therapy and instruction. We will demonstrate how these resources can be used in hospitals, home, education and therapy…
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…
There’s a broad range of strategies and devices that individuals may use for communication if their speech isn’t functional.
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