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"Do you spend hours looking for the "right" AAC App? Are you overwhelmed with the number of Apps available? Have you purchased an AAC App and found that it was not what you expected? The AAC Apps Assistant can help ! ! ! The AAC Apps Assistant is a unique and powerful fee-for-service tool for researching AAC communication Apps for iOS devices (iPads,iPhone, iPods with other platforms to be added). It provides information based on our review of over 100+ current communication Apps on the market. "

"With the proliferation of AAC apps, it seems that many people quickly get or want to get an AAC app for their child with an autism spectrum disorder. It is awesome and amazing to see so many people who need AAC begin to have access to AAC. But once there is accessibility, it is not always readily apparent what to do and it is like any technology or gadget, if you don't learn how to USE it, it could become like the 'proverbial treadmill clothes hanger' or abandoned musical instrument."

"The AAC self-assessment Tool kit is designed for schools to look at the ways in which they are using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT) within the curriculum as well as for communication. It is entirely up to the school how they use the AAC Tool-Kit but there are several suggestions on the next page:"

An introduction to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for students 5-10 years old is addressed in this module. Designing quality programs for students who have AAC needs involves engineering communication environments, organizing and training team members, and developing appropriate lessons and materials. Strategies for achieving these goals will be presented.

White paper evaluating aac and mobile devices

From Spectronics - Inclusive Learning Technologies

Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs

Apps for communication (AAC) and behavior.

CSD 5230 Assistive Technology AAC training

Nice list of AAC apps

Find Share Use --A community for AAC Boardmaker users Free webinars

Two new iPhone /iTouch apps for AAC/deaf iConverse 9.99 6 basic buttons Speak It! 1.99 text to speech with applications for deaf

This is such a great use of AAC and Ask. com to build questions.Also demonstrates use of intellikeys overlay and use of email.Could even use with twitter to do status updates for family and friends!

web-based AAC

GoTalk Now is a fully-featured, customizable AAC app for the beginner to experienced communicator, turning your iPad into a dynamic GoTalk in seconds. Featuring an easy to use, touch-based editor.