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ASHA: Centering Lived Experience: A Panel of AAC Users on the Future of AAC

Center:

OR-Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2026

Contact Information:

Emily Quinn
[email protected]
503-494-2263

Product Description:

AAC users bring lived expertise that is essential for designing inclusive, person-centered communication supports. Yet their perspectives are too often absent from assessment, system selection, and partner-training processes. This panel amplifies AAC user voices as they reflect on experiences with assessment, services, AAC systems, and communication partners. The session highlighted the ethical and clinical importance of embedding user voice at every stage of AAC service delivery.

Keyword(s):

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), lived experience, communication disabilities, assessment and evalutation, community engaged

Product/Publication Type(s):

Conference presentations and posters presented

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

[email protected]

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1000 Silver Spring, MD 20910

Mailing address:
PO Box 8787
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8787