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Emergency Preparation and Recovery

September 26, 2024 NWACS

Emergency Preparation and Recovery

Kathy and Janice are back to continue the conversation about preparing for potential disasters and emergencies.

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In Awareness Tags Emergency Preparedness, AAC families, family, AAC users, AAC professionals
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Are You Prepared?

September 2, 2024 NWACS

Are You Prepared?

Janice and Kathy start a conversation about the importance of preparing for potential disasters and emergencies.

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In Awareness Tags Emergency Preparedness, AAC families, family, AAC users, AAC professionals
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Mental Health Barriers and Solutions for AAC Users

April 14, 2024 NWACS

We welcome Ashley Mohesky, MS, LPC Associate to the NWACS blog as she discusses mental health and AAC as well as how her journey with literacy has impacted her life.

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In Advocacy, Awareness Tags mental health, AAC advocacy, AAC users, AAC professionals
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AAC Awareness Month - My Story of What I Do

October 4, 2023 NWACS

Join us for AAC Awareness Month 2023 and hear Jessica Smith’s story about her autism and how she supports the community with communication boards.

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In AAC Awareness Month Tags AAC preparedness, AAC professionals, AAC community, AAC awareness, AAC supports
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AAC Awareness Month 2023

October 2, 2023 NWACS

Join NWACS as we kick off AAC Awareness Month 2023. What AAC stories do you have?

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In AAC Awareness Month Tags AAC awareness month, AAC stories, AAC users, AAC families, AAC professionals
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Emergency Communication - Are we prepared?

September 19, 2023 NWACS
Emergency Communication - Are we prepared?

Are you ready? NWACS Board Member Kathy discusses the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies. Especially the need to have emergency communication systems ready for all AAC users.

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In Awareness Tags AAC users, AAC families, AAC professionals, Emergency Preparedness, family
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AAC Device Abandonment Part 2: ASHA and CAA’s Role

September 18, 2023 NWACS

Join NWACS guest blogger, Jennalyn Burke, as she explores ASHA and CAA’s roles in AAC device abandonment in this two-part blog.

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In Awareness, Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC abandonment, AAC families, AAC users, AAC professionals
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AAC Device Abandonment Part 1: The AAC/AT Specialist’s Role

September 1, 2023 NWACS

Join Jennalyn Burke in part-one of a two-part post as she talks about AAC device abandonment and the AAC/AT specialist’s role in combating it.

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In Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC collaboration, AAC professionals, AAC abandonment
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