Holyfield and colleagues present current research, and identify needed technical development, for supporting individuals who need AAC in learning language and literacy
Anjali Forber-Pratt Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, Ph.D. is a disability activist, former faculty member, 2-time Paralympic medalist and the Director of Research at the American Association on Health & Disability. Dr. Forber-Pratt was formerly the… Disability representation and inclusivity in research (Forber-Pratt, 2024)
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… “Alternative” ways to access AAC technologies (Ramirez, 2024)
Tim Jin Tim Jin is a Communication Expert and Advocate who serves on several boards, government taskforces. and committees, and routinely speaks professionally at conferences and training seminars about his passion to expand communication access… Evolving voices: Embracing change in AAC technology, the keyboard to my success (Jin, 2024)
Dr. Lateef McLeod describes the impact of Ableism on people who use AAC.
Bob Williams describes barriers to literacy for people who need and use AAC.
Alice Wong Alice Wong (she/her) was a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant, and lived from 1974 to 2025. Alice was the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to… How ableism impacts people who need and use AAC (Wong, 2024)
Registration for the AAC Learning Center Moodle is a 3-step process. At the home page for the AAC Learning Center Moodle, select the option to register a new account. 2) On the Registration… Registering for the AAC Learning Center Moodle
Anthony Arnold describes his use of AAC to pursue 4 key goals of adult life
This page contains links to content discussed in Goldman, A., Jackson, D., Kannan, K., Canter, C., Klein, C., Marshall, S., McNaughton, D., Paul, D., Rackensperger, T., Soto, G., Zangari, C. (2021). Training needs in augmentative… Training Needs in AAC: A Virtual Roundtable Discussion (2021)