Rhonda McEwen, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Information Studies (Mobile Society Studies), University of Toronto, Canada, records her thoughts on living life in the new media on her blog.

Rom Houben of Brussels was misdiagnosed as being in a “vegetative state” as a result of a car accident when he was 20 years old. A specialized brain scan not available in the ‘80s showed he had been conscious all along but unable to communicate. AAC devices now enable him to communicate. To read the full article, click here.

   

Although Marcy White’s son “understands everything that goes on around him,” his communication skills are limited. In this personal essay, published March 2, 2009 in Canada’s national newspaper, a parent writes about how her frustration with people who don’t understand her son’s disability is balanced by the warm compassion of others.

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 This article has been translated into French.

Sharif-Al-Mamun is in his final year of the B.Sc. Speech & Language Therapy (SLT) program - and part of the program's first graduating class - at the Bangladesh Health Professions Institute. On August 7, 2008, Sharif was pleased to receive the Shirley McNaughton Exemplary Communication Award in Montreal, Canada.

 This article has been translated into French.

The WORDS+/ISAAC Outstanding Consumer Lecture Award is presented every two years to a person who uses AAC. On Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at ISAAC’s Biennial Conference in Montreal, India Ochs delivered her award-winning lecture. An excerpt is provided here, with the complete text available at  http://isaac-online.org/en/about/awards.html.

More than 1,200 delegates from 58 countries around the world came together in Montreal, Canada, last August for ISAAC 2008 – Leading the Way. In this article, conference co-chairs Jeff Riley and Ann Sutton present conference highlights.

Paul Marshall gave this presentation at ISAAC2008. Many people asked if it could be posted on the Information Exchange.

 This article has been translated into German.

Reprinted with permission from Lower Hudson Online.

 

1Voice is a video about various AAC users sharing how important it is to have a voice and to have chances to use it.