Bob Williams
Bob Williams is the Policy Director of CommunicationFIRST, and has advanced the rights and opportunities of children, working age persons and older adults with disabilities for over 40 years by creating community living services, helping to pass the ADA, and administering the federally funded developmental disabilities and independent living networks.
Webcast Description
This presentation was first made at the Future of AAC Research Summit on May 13, 2024.
Please cite as
Williams, B. (2024, May 13). AAC & technology: What’s communication equity got to do with it?. [Conference session]. Future of AAC Research Summit, Arlington, VA. https://tinyurl.com/AAC-Williams-equity-2024
Video production by Rylie Mueller (Penn State University)
Additional Resources
Williams, B. (2025). AAC and technology: what’s communication equity got to do with it? Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2504495
Williams, B. (2024). See us – Hear us. [YouTube video].
Williams, B. (2021). Spelling it out: The ADA and the right to community. [Blogpost]
Williams, B. (2023). Unjustly isolated, silenced, and deprived of literacy and freedom of expression… Remarks to the Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education by CommunicationFIRST Policy Director Bob Williams.