Pancho Ramirez
Pancho Ramirez is the current Vice Chair of CommunicationFIRST’s Board of Directors. As a Mexican immigrant farmworker, he acquired his speech disability in 2003 at age 20 from a brain stem stroke after a car accident. Mr. Ramirez has become an instrumental member of a research team at the University of California, San Francisco, that is developing groundbreaking communication technology to produce words from thought.
Webcast Description
Pancho describes the impact of AAC technology on his communication and life experiences. This presentation was first made at the Future of AAC Research Summit on May 14, 2024.
Cite as
Ramirez, P. (2024, May 13). “Alternative” ways to access AAC technologies (Ramirez, 2024) [Conference session]. Future of AAC Research Summit, Arlington, VA. https://tinyurl.com/AAC-Ramirez-2024
Video production by CommunicationFIRST
Additional Resources
Pancho Ramirez [website]