Tag: nonverbal
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Journeys are Best When Shared
This post is a footnote to the Voiceless But Still Talking (With AAC) Challenge that Mary completed yesterday. For those of you who may have missed it, Mary is a curious and ambitious mom who used her daughter’s back up iPad Mini and Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate for…
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The Final Day of the Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge
Well, today was the last day of Mary’s Voiceless Week. She is the mom of 21 year old Jess who uses the Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app. Mary spent this last week using Jess’s back up iPad Mini to communicate. Thank you, Mary, for letting us into your life and sharing…
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Day 7 of the Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge
We continue to follow Mary, as she spends the week voiceless and using the iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself (SFY) Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate. Her daughter, Jess, uses SFY to communicate. Here is Mary’s journal entry for her 7th voiceless day: “Husband is still trying to guess what I’m…
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Day 6: Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge…The Mini Goes to New York City
We continue to follow the ambitious and curious mom, Mary. She is going voiceless for a week and using her daughter’s back up iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate. Today was her sixth day, and here she shares her experiences: “Up and out early today. Dropped…
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Day 5: Voiceless But Still Talking (With AAC) Challenge
Mary, the incredible mom who has been using her daughter’s back up iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself (SfY) Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate instead of her voice, shares her experiences of the fifth day of her week long challenge: “Woke up early. Standing at sink drinking a glass of water,…
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Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge Day 4 – It Is Time For The Wine…
We are following an amazing mother’s experiences as she goes voiceless for a week to better understand and support her daughter’s ability to “navigate in a verbal world.” Here is Mary’s journal for the 4th day, using an iPad mini and the Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app to communicate: “This morning,…
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Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge Day 3
If you haven’t already heard, October is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month. If you’ve been following along over the past few days, an incredible mother, Mary, is using an iPad mini and the Speak for Yourself app to communicate for the week. It’s the same system that her daughter, Jess , uses. Thank…
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The First Full Day of the Voiceless But Still Talking (with AAC) Challenge
Today is the first day of October and the beginning of AAC Awareness Month! We are following Mary, who is using her daughter’s (Jessie) back up iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself AAC app…for a WEEK! Today was the first full day of her “Voiceless But Still Talking Challenge.” Has anyone else joined her?…
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What Do Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Zumba Instruction Have in Common?
I am not a good dancer. It is a well-known joke in my family, and my sisters stop dancing at times to laugh at me. Actually, sometimes one laughs so hard that she has no choice but to stop dancing…But I have fun, and it is an area that I will readily admit needs improvement.…
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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…