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Positive AACtion - Information Kit for AAC Teams

Presuming Competence"….and "The Least Dangerous Assumption"….

"Utawna Leap talks about her seven year old daughter's Cerebral Palsy and how teachers include her in the general education classroom."

"Although reading, talking, and writing about text during a guided reading session is vitally important, I was excited to discover another technique, an idea called "graffiti tables"

"At Southern Impact in Laredo, TX, we met a talented SSF4 Chun-Li player named Mike Begum (aka "Broly" or "Legs") who has a condition called arthrogryposis. Despite his circumstances, he became one of the top Chun-Li players in Texas after playing the game for just 6 months, and is also one of the best Super Smash Bros. players in the state. In this interview with Gootecks, Broly talks about how he plays without using his hands, why and how he uses Chun-Li, and his advice for others in similar situations."

Henry has autism and fought to attend his neighborhood school. This is his presentation. - awesome!

"Simple talking storybooks can be created with commonly available presentation software such as powerpoint enabling and motivating children with poor literacy skills to produce meaningful, high quality work."

SymbolWorld is a website created by Widgit Software specifically for symbol users. It has material for all ages and includes news, personal contributions, stories and learning materials. SymbolWorld is designed to be easy to navigate, with the option to personalise the layout and colours to suit any reader's needs.

Development of the "All Children Can Read" site began in 2006 as part of the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) Literacy Practice Partnership. The goal of this site is to provide information and resources for teaching and working with children who have complex learning challenges. Specifically, the site is designed for individual state deaf-blind projects, teachers, family members and related services providers interested in beginning or enhancing literacy instruction for children who have combined vision and hearing loss.

Books read aloud and text highlighted. Students can click to hear again or advance the page.

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"This bestselling illustrated guide describes what's required to construct and use a communication book with a preliterate individual. It offers clarity for parents and professionals in developing communication books that progressively help a young person to communicate an increasing number of messages."

This short film (16:39) focuses on Axel Cortes and the staff at Idelhurst Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. Axel is a fifth grader with autism who is non-verbal.

From Alberta schools in Canada

In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully planned, managed, a