Author: Alison Pentland
New Mexico WILD FIRES
USSAAC has helped the people affected by the New Mexico Wildfires recover their communication. Please check our disaster relief page for more information.
President’s Message – April 2022
April 2022 Dear Friends: This week is National Volunteer Appreciation Week! A BIG thank you to our members who serve USSAAC in a volunteer capacity and help make our...
President’s Message – March 2022
March 2022 Dear Friends: It’s Spring! Can summer be far behind? If you are a USSAAC member and staff a summer program for children or adults who use AAC,...
President’s Message – February 2022
February, 2022 Dear Friends: I was delighted to greet almost two dozen members and prospective members in person at ATIA last month. One of highlights of the meeting was...
Hundreds of Residents Lose Their Homes in a Ferocious Wildfire
The USSAAC AAC Disaster Relief Project can help you replace lost or damaged AAC devices (also called speech generating devices or SGDs), switches, mounting systems, and no-tech communication books/boards....
Speaker Connection Launch Announcement
USSAAC is excited to announce the launch of our AAC Speaker Connection on September 8th, 2021. The AAC Speaker Connection is part of USSAAC Amplifying AAC Voices Campaign.
ISAAC has the pleasure to announce that…
….. it will be collaborating with the North American Alliance for Communication Access (NAACA) to ensure that ALL participants who attend ISAAC’s 2020 Biennial Conference have a positive experience...
Office for Civil Rights Resolves Joint Complaint on Discriminatory Hospital Visitor Policy at MedStar Health
The COVID 19 pandemic has led many medical offices, hospitals, nursing and other health-care facilities to adopt policies that make it difficult and at times impossible for family members...
Working with People with Complex Communication Needs
Handout created by Tracy Rackensperger, Ph.D. for the2020 National Disability Rights Network Conference.
October is AAC Awareness Month 2020
Hi everyone. I am Yoosun Chung, the current USSAAC president. I am delighted to announce that each October is World AAC Awareness Month. The goal is to raise awareness...