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Educational resources for AAC

Literacy and AAC

by

Bob Williams

Bob Williams is the Policy Director of CommunicationFIRST, and has advanced the rights and opportunities of children, working age persons and older adults with disabilities for over 40 years by creating community living services, helping to pass the ADA, and administering the federally funded developmental disabilities and independent living networks.

Webcast Description

Bob describes barriers to literacy for people who need and use AAC, and needed actions to address “a nationwide disgrace”.

This presentation was first made at the Future of AAC Research Summit on May 14, 2024.

Please cite as
Williams, B. (2024, May 14). Literacy and AAC. [Webinar]. Future of AAC Research Summit, Arlington, VA. https://tinyurl.com/AAC-Williams-literacy-2024

(Transcript as PDF)

Video production by Dana Patenaude (Penn State University)

Additional Resources

Williams, B. (2024). See us – Hear us. [YouTube video].

Williams, B. (2021). Spelling it out: The ADA and the right to community. [Blogpost]

Williams, B. (2023). Unjustly isolated, silenced, and deprived of literacy and freedom of expression… Remarks to the Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education by CommunicationFIRST Policy Director Bob Williams.

The contents of this website are a joint offering of Penn State University and the RERC on AAC. They were developed, in part, under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90REGE0014) to the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (RERC on AAC). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this website do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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