The AAC-RERC is a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center that functions as a collaborative research group dedicated to the development of effective AAC technology. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) refers to ways (other than speech) that are used to send a message from one person to another.
Recent activities ...
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RESNA Student Design Competition Site |
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Supporting Communication of Individuals with Minimal Movement |
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AAC-RERC Presentations at ISAAC 2010 |
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How Far We've Come, How Far We've Got to Go |
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Tech Watch Blog |
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ACES: Augmentative Communication and Empowerment Supports |
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Special Issue on Transition and AAC |
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Emergency Communication for Persons with Complex Communication Needs |
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Speech Generating Device Funding for Children |
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AAC: A User's Perspective |
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Transition Strategies for Adolescents and Young Adults who use AAC |
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AAC-RERC E-Blast
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Recent Presentations and Publications
Blackstone, S., McNaughton, D., Kennedy, P., Schwartz, J. (July 2010). The AAC-RERC Writers Brigade. Presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Barcelona, Spain (handout)
Bourgeois, M. , Fried-Oken, M. & Rowland, C. (2010, March 16). AAC Strategies and Tools for Persons With Dementia. The ASHA Leader. (full text)
Bryen, D. N. (2010). Communication during times of natural or man-made emergencies: The potential of speech-generating devices. International Journal of Emergency Management, 7 (1), 17-27. (abstract)
Bryen, D. N. (July, 2010). ACOLUG: More than an online international forum for people with complex communication needs. Presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Barcelona, Spain (poster)
Bryen, D.N. (July, 2010). Emergency communication 4 ALL: Communicating during times of emergency. Presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Barcelona, Spain. (handout)
Bryen, D. N., Chung, Y., & Lever, S. (2010). What you might not find in a typical Transition Plan! Some important lessons from adults who rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 32-40. (abstract).
Fried-Oken, M., Rowland, C., & Gibbons, C. (2010). Providing augmentative and alternative communication treatment to persons With progressive nonfluent aphasia. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 20, 21-25. (abstract)
Fried-Oken, M., Rowland, C., Gibbons, C., Mills, C., Noethe, G., and Daniels, D. (April, 2010). Aging Well with Dementia: Supporting Conversational Skills of Individuals with Progressive Aphasia. Presented at the 26th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities. Honolulu, HI. (handout)
Fulcher, K.R., & Higginbotham, J. (July, 2010). Multimodal AAC Use In Conversations Involving an Individual with ALS. Presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Barcelona, Spain. (poster).
Hanson, E., Beukelman, D., Heidemann, J., & Shutts, E. (2010). Impact of alphabet supplementation and word prediction on sentence intelligibility of electronically distorted speech. Speech Communication, 52, 99-105. (abstract)
Jakobs, T. & Chater, B. (2010). Confessions of an Engineer – Insights into Long-distance Assistive Technology Design (full text)
Kennedy, P. (2010). Navigating through transition with individuals with speech disabilities. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 44-50. (abstract).
Kennedy, P. & McNaughton, D. (July, 2010). The Writers Brigade. ConnSENSE Bulletin. (full text).
Lightholder, L. (July, 2010). Patient Provider Communication. ConnSENSE Bulletin. (full text).
Lightholder, L. (July, 2010). Writers Brigade: A key to plans and dreams. ConnSENSE Bulletin. (full text).
Luciani, B. A. (2010). Woman With speech disability achieves dream: Goes to college. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 41-43. (abstract).
McNaughton, D., & Arnold, A. (2010). Supporting positive employment outcomes for individuals who use AAC. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 51-59. (abstract).
Pressman, H. & Blackstone, S. (2010). Overcoming patient-provider communication barriers in health-care settings. Presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Barcelona, Spain. (handout)











