Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT) Links

www.aacintervention.com – Caroline Musselwhite and Julie Maro’s website for AAC products, resources, activity ideas, tips, tricks and presentation materials. 

www.aac-rerc.com  AAC-RERC (Rehab Engineering Research Center) is a national program conducting research, development, training, and dissemination activities that seek to improve technologies for individuals who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies.

www.bridgeschool.org - The Bridge School is an educational program dedicated to ensuring that children with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of AAC and AT applications.  They are a model educational program and contribute to the advancement of AAC and AT internationally.  They offer an annual summer camp for kids who use AAC/AT and their siblings.  

www.creativecommunicating.com - Pati King-DeBaun’s website for sharing, publishing and distributing materials that focus on building early language, communication and emergent literacy skills for young children with disabilities.  Lots of AAC and AT strategies and products.

www.fctd.info/  - (Family Center on Technology and Disability) - The Family Center is a resource that supports organizations and programs that work with families of children and youth with disabilities. They offer a range of information and services on the subject of assistive technology.

www.isaac-online.org/en/home.shtml - International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) website.  Provides information, training, resources and publications that promote worldwide recognition and value of AAC. 

www.lburkhart.com – Linda J. Burkhart’s Simplified Technology website for providing information and ideas on AAC and AT. 

www.otap-oregon.org -  Oregon Technology Access Program (OTAP) provides training, information, technical assistance and resources regarding the uses of technology for children with disabilities.  OTAP has an excellent loan library of AAC and AT equipment that can be borrowed for FREE.  Check them out!

www.ussaac.org – United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC) website addressing the needs of persons who are either severely speech impaired or unable to speak.  Resources and information on AAC. 

http://aac.unl.edu – Augmentative and Alternative Communication Center at The University of Nebraska at Lincoln.  Wide range of information regarding AAC related to developmental and acquired speech disorders. 

http://aac.unl.edu:16080/yaack/ - YAACK, AAC Connecting Young Kids – University of Nebraska at Lincoln website that covers issues related to AAC and young children. Its purpose is to provide information and guidance to families, teachers, speech/language pathologists and anyone else who is involved with a child with special communication needs.    Tons of great information! 

http://depts.washington.edu/enables/index.htm – (AAC and AT enABLES)  - University of Washington website demonstrating how Assistive Technology (AT) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)enABLE individuals with disabilities to participate in all aspects of life - great video clips of individuals using AAC and AT.