article on NDN AAC users https://meridian.allenpress.com/mvedel/article-abstract/5/1/38/83543/Native-Americans-and-Augmentative-and-Alternative Multiple Voices: disability, race, and language intersections in special education https://meridian.allenpress.com/mvedel
The world of AAC comes with its own vocabulary. Our friends at CoughDrop have put together a list of common terms that you should know if you’re working with AAC users.
A 2013 paper [1] shows that, using school IEP categorization data, Native American children are about half as likely as White children to be categorized to have autism? An IEP category is not a diagnosis, but it’s telling that the vast majority of studies we’ve come across on autism diagnosis Read more…
April is Autism Awareness/Acceptance month, and we though this would be a great month for our first ever #fundraiser. We suggest you donate what you’d spend to go out to dinner with your family, and instead, eat your meal at home with the only communication coming from our bilingual “mealtime” Read more…
A literature survey this past few weeks has turned up many articles on “bilingual special ed” but in the vast majority of cases, they mean students who are English-as-a-second-language learners who have special education needs. And in most cases, the focus is on how students are likely to make more Read more…
We have finally been accepted as a charity on Facebook and Instagram (though, to be fair, I have no idea how fundraising works on IG). On FB, I know you can add a fundraiser to a post, and it lets you search for us on their site – you don’t Read more…
While autism isn’t the only reason a person might need AAC, it’s a pretty common one – some estimates are that 20-40% of autistic people (of all ages) have severe speech challenges at some point in their life. For some, like my son, that means that their mouth doesn’t do Read more…
We now have an account on Uncommon Giving – you can donate directly on our profile. You can use Amazon Smile to direct donations to us – they give a percentage to your chosen charity for every purchase you make while logged in via smile.amazon.com. You can make us your Read more…
Slowly, slowly. The vocab is coming together – we are over 1000 words in, and working through the list of 1000 most common words in Lakota. There will be substantially more words in the vocab out of this, because there is no good way in any AAC apps that we Read more…
Today I got confirmation from the federal government that we are a 501(c)3 non-profit! We will be listing ways you can support us soon!