The RERC on AAC and CommunicationFIRST are thrilled to begin The Future of AAC Research Summit. The Summit will take place May 13-14 and discuss important progress and future directions of AAC research and will be led by individuals who use AAC.

With the RERC on AAC, we are getting ready to co-host the first-ever #AAC Research Summit! Tomorrow over half of our presenters are people with #SpeechDisabilities . We look forward to hearing kickoff remarks from #ACL and #NIDLRR leaders.

AAC users, please consider sharing your experience with peer supports! Take our 5-question survey here: forms.gle/oRBUQMu7c6XhiF…

With CommunicationFIRST, we have been awarded a contract to develop a national plan for #AAC peer support models. Let's get started together!

CommunicationFIRST's Board Chair Jordyn Zimmerman appeared on CBS This Morning today! cbsnews.com/video/nonspeak…

Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton's illness has made it hard for her to speak, but good luck trying to silence her. I'm not aware of anyone delivering a floor speech this way previously in the history of Congress

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“When we are assumed to be incapable of understanding language, no effort is then made to provide us access to robust, language-based AAC that would allow us to prove otherwise.” Jordyn Zimmerman on SLPs as communication gatekeepers, at CommunicationFIRST:

communicationfirst.org/slps-as-aac-ga… #autism

This month, we celebrate our #autistic community! Join us by (re)watching #LISTEN , the viral, award-winning short film we made by and with #nonspeaking autistic folks. Find a toolkit, transcripts, versions in different languages, and shorter versions here: lnkfi.re/listenfilm