Showing posts with label Communication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Communication. Show all posts
Friday, August 30, 2019

That AAC on a plane story

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I want to talk about a thread that's going viral. I just had such an affirming experience. On my 8hr intl flight back from a conferen...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

"They aren't having communication breakdowns"

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I've heard plenty of arguments about why AAC isn't needed. Thankfully, I hear most of them in the context of people explaining what ...
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Monday, December 4, 2017

What if they're stimming with the device?

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In response to the fact that it is not OK to take someone's communication device away, ever , apparently it is common to ask, what if t...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Self-regulation, AAC access, and arguments that should not need to be

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One of the big things with augmentative and alternative communication devices is that you're not supposed to take the device away from...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Alyssa Reads: Critical Studies of the Sexed Brain -- Communication thoughts

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I continue my thoughts from reading Critical Studies of the Sexed Brain . Because I had more and then forgot to put them up here. Go me.  ...
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Monday, February 6, 2017

In which I flip through my textbook and react to something

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I'm taking a course on motor speech disorders this semester. (Was this a good life choice? We'll find out! Were my other classes th...
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Friday, November 18, 2016

What's Apraxia? Oh. #AAC

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Today I went to the Assistive Technology Conference of New England. My advisors brought me there. It was pretty cool. I had some conversati...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

#AAC and the day taught lab without speech

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After just over two years teaching, it finally happened. I had to teach, and speech wasn't working. This is for a lab class, introducti...
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Friday, July 22, 2016

Dear Neurotypicals: What if you use your words?

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If we don't use our words, we won't be indistinguishable. (What's wrong with saying, "use your words"? Many, many th...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Alyssa Reads Uniquely Human: Part 3

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I'm now reading Chapter 2. The previous part (Chapter 1) is here , and the start of my reading Uniquely Human  is here . I think I...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Between the Lines/Communication Theory and Practice

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I think it's fairly common that people read "between the lines" as part of communication. Understanding that  this is a thing...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

#AAC Awareness Month: When speech output isn't best

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First, an explanation of the abbreviation. AAC stands for Alternative and Augmentative Communication, and it's the fancy professional w...
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