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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.

• 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.

• 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), The
  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
  NCAM develops strategies and technology to make media accessible to people with communication difficulties.

• 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.

• 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.

• Tools For Life Assistive Technology Center
  Assistive technologies information from Georgia Southern University.

• UW Augcomm
  Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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