Tag: speak for yourself app
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It’s Not Complex If You Use It
When I was 19 and in my second year of college, I worked in a supermarket deli. Every individual item in the deli had its own four-digit code. Land O’Lakes American cheese had a different code than New Yorker American cheese. You might think that it doesn’t matter, but it did. Each week there were…
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Deciding on the Speak for Yourself AAC App During the Autism Acceptance Sale
The Speak for Yourself augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app will be 50% off April 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2018! This worldwide sale is in honor of the many individuals on the autism spectrum who benefit from the use of AAC. We are privileged to meet and directly work with many students who use the…
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Autism Acceptance Sale Dates: Speak for Yourself Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) App
The Speak for Yourself app will be on sale for 50% off ($149.99 USD) from March 31st through April 4th, 2017 (Friday through Tuesday) in honor of Autism Acceptance Month. There are a large number of individuals on the autism spectrum who use the Speak for Yourself app successfully to communicate throughout their day. We…
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Using Speak for Yourself with Project Core: Non-Instructional Routines
Last month, we attended and exhibited at the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) conference in Orlando, Florida. One of the reasons that the ATIA conference is my favorite – besides the “work trip” to sunny Florida in the middle of the cold Northeastern winter – is that the exhibit hall hours and sessions are coordinated.…
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“Tiny” Speak for Yourself Coming Soon to iPhones!
We have a few announcements to make…Two pieces of good news and one necessary business decision. First, the business decision: Effective with the release of the 2.6 update, the price for the Speak for Yourself AAC app will be $299.99 USD. We reduced the price to $199.99 USD in October of 2012, and that’s where it…
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AAC Modeling Part 2: Layers of Modeling Engagement
Yesterday, I wrote about AAC Modeling and compared it to introducing broccoli to a child. I’ve also written about modeling here and here, if you’d like some additional information. If you are at all involved in the world of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), you probably hear a lot about modeling, also called Aided Language Input…
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The AAC Language of Love
The other day, I was on the bus with a student for an outing. We were going to a local convenience store, and on the way, I asked him what he wanted to get from the store. This was his first time riding the bus in a wheelchair. He adjusted the iPad on his lap and selected his favorite…
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How is Vocabulary Organized in Speak for Yourself?
We are frequently asked about the language organization in Speak for Yourself, and for many people, when they look at the app for the first time, they feel overwhelmed. If you’re someone who is feeling that way, I’m glad you’re reading this. It certainly wasn’t our intention to cause anxiety, but I think that overwhelmed…
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Celebrating Awareness Because of AAC
A voice allows someone to share thoughts and form relationships. AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) gives individuals with complex communication needs (CCN) a universally understandable way to express their thoughts and ideas. Could he point to his tooth? Sure. Could he hold it out to her in his hand? Absolutely. Maybe he did, but how would she know…
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Independence Begins With Communication: Five Ways to Focus on AAC in less than 30 minutes a day!
I love the summer. I love the warm air and the hazy morning fog that dissipates as the sun burns through to begin a new day. I look forward to late nights outside, long beach days, coffee on my porch, a less intense work schedule, fireflies, reading novels, flip flops, barbecues, al fresco patios opening at…