_ By David Kay, M.Ed., OTR, Regional Consultant, PRC_ “True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery In the world of AAC we work with individuals who are building their ability to communicate. But what about the ability to do? The model of human oc...

By Ryan Knoblauch, M.S. CCC- SLP Here we go. It’s the final season of American Idol. If you have kids of your own or you work with kids, then it’s likely they know a little bit about the show. I personally have watched about four seasons collectively (a couple of the Simon Cowell years and now with Urban, J-L...

By Russell Cross, PRC Director of Clinical Applications One of the reasons using the Unity® language system is so popular is the simple fact that it provides a solid core vocabulary set. And the reason a core vocabulary is so useful is that it contains words used by everyone regardless of age, location, or topic. For ...

By Wayne Roupp My name is Wayne Roupp. I live at the Margaret E. Moul Home. I been there since I was seventeen years old. When I was twenty-five , I got my first communication device , it was a Light Talker. At the time I didn’t like the language , which was called Word Strategy. I told them , I was good at spellin...

by Penelope Jameson, AAC Consultant Liberator Australia, and Teacher Aide at Coombabah State High School As our school year draws to a close in Australia, my thoughts are with our students using AAC, and how they will cope in the New Year with the possible change of teacher and support staff. With that change, some expe...

By Jacob MacAinsh, student A couple of weeks ago, Jacob wrote his first blog for the AAC Language Lab. He got a wonderful response from readers and a couple of folks asked him questions. In today’s blog, Jacob responds to the questions. Thank you for the most awesome notes! Let me tell more about myself. School i...