Cooking Up Communication: A Recipe for Using AI to Support Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with Modeling Scripts

• By: Lauren Tucker, EdD Kristy Hynes, PhD, BCBA-D Southern Connecticut State University
• December 30th, 2024
• AI, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, communication, language, technology, Winter 2025 Issue
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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...

Rights and Challenges for Autistic People with Communication Disabilities in the Legal System

• By: Staff CommunicationFIRST
• July 5th, 2023
• AAC, ableism, accommodations, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, communication, cultural competence, disability rights laws, discrimination, equal access to public services, guardianship, law enforcement, nonspeaking, speech-related disabilities, stereotypes, stigma, Summer 2023 Issue, the legal system
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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,...

Enhancing Communication to Reduce Challenging Behaviors

• By: Todd Merritt, PhD, BCBA-D Jessica Basir, MS, BCBA Chelsea M. K. Hawley, MS The Arc Westchester
• September 23rd, 2021
• ASL, assessment, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, challenging behavior, communication, deafness, Fall 2021 Issue, functional behavior assessment, functional communication training, sign language, technology
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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...

Uniquely Human Podcast #2 – Stimming Rocks! Why This Classic Behavior Is So Important with Chloe Rothschild

• October 8th, 2020
• AAC, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, communication, interoception, overstimulation, podcast, self-regulation, sensory issues, sensory room, stimming, Uniquely Human, visual schedule
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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...