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AAC Related Organisations
- AAC Institute
The AAC Institute is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to the most effective communication for people who rely on augmentative and alternative communication.
- ACETS Calgary Health Region
- AAC Research Unit
The AAC Research Unit was established in 1989 at the University of Stirling. It is an interdisciplinary team involving speech and language therapists, psychologists, sociologists and linguists.
- AAC-RERC (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center)
AAC-RERC conducts a comprehensive program of research, development, training and dissemination activities, and seeks to improve technologies for individuals who rely on AAC technologies. This site has Webcast videos on various AAC topics, and information about Medicare funding of AAC devices in the USA.
- ACE Centre
The ACE Centre Advisory Trust is now an independent charity which assesses young people in education with spoken or written communication difficulties and advises on approaches to improving their communication skills using the latest technological and other approaches.
- ACOLUG
A Listserv created to exchange ideas, information and experiences on augmentative communication by people from all over the world.
- Active Communication GmbH
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
An excellent resource for information on adaptive technology, access to information, and resources for professionals and for persons with disabilities, and research in the area.
- Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
A network of community-based resource centers dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies. Centers can be found all across the country.
- Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories (ASEL) (U.Del./A.I.DuPont)
ASEL focuses on research and development, as well as public policy and systems change, relating to the use of advanced rehabilitation and assistive technology by people with disabilities. An excellent resource site. By the University of Delaware and the duPont Hospital for Children of the A.I. duPont Institute of the Nemours.
- Associazione Comunità Handicap
- Association des Paralysés de France
- Associazione Ipertesto ONLUS
- Associazione Territoriale Per L’Integrazione “IL VOLO” Onlus
- Augmentative Communication Community Partnerships - Canada
ACCPC is a federal, non-profit, community-based organization which provides education, research and resources for people who have severe speech impairments and who use other ways to communicate such as picture displays, alphabet boards and voice-output devices.
- CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)
Founded in 1984, CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to expand opportunities for individuals with disabilities through innovative computer technology.
- CAYA (Communication Assistance for Young Adults)
Communication Assistance for Young Adults (CAYA) is a project created through Special Education Technology BC (SET-BC) to serve adults between the ages of 19-27 who require alternative or augmentative communication (AAC) assistance. The project is designed to address the crucial transition period to adulthood for young people with severe communication disabilities. The goal of CAYA is to ensure that eligible individuals have access to the communication tools and professional support to enable them to create an adult life to the best of their abilities.
- CEAPAT
Centro Estatal De Autonomia Personal
CEAPAT is the national center for personal autonomy and technical aids in Spain. It depends of the Ministry for Work and Social Affairs. It works promoting total accessibility and development of assistive technology.
- Centre Arnaud Fraiteur Service Logopédie
- Centre for Augmentative & Alternative Communication
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) is committed to the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) strategies to enhance the communication and literacy skills of people with disabilities in South Africa. Intervention is focussed on affordable and accessible transdisciplinary training of families, teachers, therapists and health workers. Influencing policy making is part of this process. Effectiveness is ensured through the dynamic relationship between research and intervention.
- Center for Excellence in Augmented Communication (CEAC)
University at Buffalo's Signature Center for Excellence in Augmented Communication (CEAC) is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art services to persons with complex communication needs and committed to conducting and actively supporting relevant research, training, and client/family advocacy. Our new website (ubceac.org) will provide news and event information relevant to the AAC community, including technology news & reviews, bug reports, software resources and editorials. We invite all members of the AAC community to visit us, contribute and participate in our website!
- Centro Benedetta D'Intino Onlus
The Augmentative Communication Service at Centro Benedetta D'Intino (CBD'I), as the preeminent AAC Service in Italy, provides assessments and intervention programs for children with communication disorders who require AAC. The interdisciplinary team of professionals with expertise in the area of AAC at CBD'I uses a community-based service delivery approach.Moreover the CBD'I is well known in Italy for a one year course held by Italian and foreign teachers, addressed to professionals and for workshops addressed to facilitators and parents.
- Centro Medico Sociale Per Neuromotulesi
- Centro Studi E Ricerca in Neuroriabilitazione - CNAPP
The goal of our Centre in Italy is to develop tools and rehabilitative/educational strategies (e.g.W.O.C.E, Face mouse) to support communication skills both in people with ASD (with partial or total lack of speech) and in people with other neurological pathologies involving speech impairment. The strategies have their place in the rationale of the cognitive sciences and are monitored by the University of Roma "Tor Vergata". Other goals are: to support the development of written or symbolic communication, to help identify barriers, to integrate the different communication possibilities.
- Comunità Alloggio Uliveto
- Dagesh Information Systems
- Eastin European Information Network
A network of six European information centres providing searchable resources on assistive technology (AT) for older and disabled people, their families and carers across the globe.
- ERINOAK Kids
As the largest CTC in Ontario, Erinoak provides a wide range of therapies and support services to children (from birth to 19) with physical, developmental and communication disabilities, living in Halton, Peel or Dufferin. Erinoak's Assistive Devices Resource Service provides assessment, recommendation and/or prescription for Augmentative and Alternative Communication systems, Electronic Aids for Daily Living, single switch access to computers and technical aids, alternative controllers for power wheelchairs, seating and mobility.
- George Jeffrey Children's Centre
Our Centre provides rehabilitation therapy services (OT, PT, SLP), social work, medical clinics, and specialty services, such as Augmentative Communication, Seating and Mobility, Recreation Therapy and Music Therapy. We encourage children to achieve their best by providing our services in a family-centred context that supports each child and the families that are significant to them.
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corp, Chedoke Division
- IFC - Institut Für Gestützte Kommunikation
- Kingston ACS - Child Development Center
- Northcott Disability Services
CATS is an independent resource and assessment centre specialising in assistive technology for people with disabilities. The CATS team provides assistance with computer access, communication and access to everyday appliances to maximise a person's independence. The following services are provides by CATS: assessments; rural visits; training/education; telephone support; and a technology loan pool.
- Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre, Clinic for Augmentative Communication
- The Rehabilitation Centre Technology Access Service
- Service De Sante SCO / SCO Health Service
- Specialpedagogiska Institut
- Speech Page
Carnegie Mellon University is involved in computational speech research and speech technological development.
- Speech Research
The Speech Research Group [DuPont Hospital for Children and the University of Delaware (ASEL)] conducts research in the areas of Speech Science and Speech Technology and is involved in the development of software speech synthesis and speech processing applications for persons with disabilities.
- stsnews.com
Telephone access for people in the USA with speech disabilities.
- Sudbury Regional Hospital
- TANDEM - Arbeits- U. Wohngruppe Für Menschen Mit Wahrnehmungsstörungen
- The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
- The Communication Technology Clinic [CTC]
- The Spastic Centre
The Spastic Centre provides a range of services to children and adults with cerebral palsy and allied disorders across the state of NSW in Australia. Services include therapy, equipment prescription and loan, respite care, family support, seating, technology services, accommodation, adult day programs, employment services, professional education, schools programs, hydrotherapy, research and information. The CP Helpline is a confidential telephone support and information service for anyone with questions or concerns about cerebral palsy, phone 130030 29 20
- Trace Research and Development Centre
The Trace Centre is a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centre located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which aims to assist persons with disabilities through the use of communication, computer and information technologies.
- UW Augcomm
Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle.
- WebABLE!
WebABLE! is the authoritative Web directory for disability-related internet resources. WebABLE's accessibility database lists hundreds of internet-based resources on accessibility.
- World Wide Augmentative and Alternative Communication
The World-Wide Augmentative and Alternative Communication (WWAAC) project is a pan-european initiative to make web and email-based technology more accessible to people with communication, language and/or cognitive impairment.
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