Tag: cerebral palsy
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Voiceless But Still Talking (with an iPad) Challenge…and Giveaway!
Have you ever lost your voice? Maybe you had laryngitis or had to be on vocal rest? Have you ever just tried to be silent for a day? An hour? One of our amazing parents has decided to go voiceless for a week using only her daughter’s (back up) iPad with the Speak for Yourself…
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The Evidence-Based Research Behind Speak for Yourself
For the most part, we try to post information regarding Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) that can be applied to any app or language system. However, in this post, we are going to tell you why we think Speak for Yourself is the best AAC app on the market, and link some of the research…
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A Letter to Students Using AAC: Remember These Five Things
As we prepare for the end of the school year, we are thinking about our students using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) who have brightened our days and challenged us to be better speech-language pathologists. Here are some things we want them to know… To our students who are using AAC, We know you are listening. We want to start by saying thank…
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It’s a Basic Human Right to Speak for Yourself
This is our first blog entry…ever! We decided it would be useful to have the information and stories we post on social media platforms in a cohesive place, tied to our website. We are not experienced bloggers, or even writers really, so if you are experienced and notice that we’re doing something “wrong,” please tell…