For some people, using an AAC device is their first or only way of communicating. For others, like Desi Kessler, a mother ...

AAC Concerns. Some parents and patients have concerns regarding AAC devices and techniques. Common problems include: Age: Age is something that people often wonder about when considering AAC for ...

AAC devices can include an app on an iPad or tablet that is used as a speech-generating device. When children with apraxia of speech or other disorder can learn to use an AAC device, they’re often ...

For people with little or no speech, literacy is a critical skill that opens up much more of the world, according to Jessica Caron, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at ...

And for the first time, AAC users could use the same device they used for speaking to do other things, like text, FaceTime, browse the web, watch movies, record audio, and share photos.

When Toby and Lindsay Latham sent their son Calvin to school in Fairfax County, they hoped it would be a place where he could grow and thrive. Instead, they discovered ...

Communication is meeting recreation this month during a summer camp for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities who use special devices to express themselves.

For children in these smaller districts, they may be the only one of their peers using an AAC device. Annissa Duane has been an educator in Northwest Arkansas for the past 12 years.