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Breaking the Silence: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for Autistic Children
Imagine your child has thoughts, feelings, and ideas but struggles to say them out loud. For many parents of children on the autism spectrum, this is a daily experience. This is where Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) can help. What is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative...
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Cooking Up Communication: A Recipe for Using AI to Support Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with Modeling Scripts
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) plays an important role in empowering individuals with autism and other complex communication needs to engage meaningfully in their communities. Essential to AAC adoption is the evidence-based practice of modeling, wherein communication partners...
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Rights and Challenges for Autistic People with Communication Disabilities in the Legal System
Police should be the last resort.... I shouldn’t have to call the police if my son is having a meltdown. When I get up in the morning, I say, “Thank God he’s not dead,” and “Thank God I’m not dead.” - Kerima Çevik, activist and parent of a nonspeaking autistic son (Sokol,...
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Enhancing Communication to Reduce Challenging Behaviors
The most recent report from the CDC found the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be one in 54 children in the US (Maenner et al., 2020). Because the diagnostic criteria for ASD includes persistent deficits in communication and deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors, many...
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Uniquely Human Podcast #2 – Stimming Rocks! Why This Classic Behavior Is So Important with Chloe Rothschild
Episode 2 - Stimming Rocks! Why This Classic Behavior Is So Important with Chloe Rothschild Overview Autistic autism advocate Chloe Rothschild lends her perspective on effective communication strategies, AAC, and interoception. Barry and Dave share important insights into the...
