AAC Awareness Month
October is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month. It is a chance to highlight the different ways people communicate and how we can all work together to create a communication-accessible community. Many people associate AAC with speech tablets, like an iPad, but it also includes sign language, choice cards, symbol boards, or speech tablets.
In Edmonton Catholic Schools, we have more than 260 students using or trialing an AAC device in the classroom as their primary communication tool.
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AAC Resources
Books
- AAC Alphabet Adventures by Amanda Hartmann
- AAC Rhyme Time by Amanda Hartmann
- A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond
- All about Core by Rebecca Eisenberg
- Artie is Awesome by Deidre Darst
- How Katie Got A Voice (and a cool new nickname) by Patricia L Mervine
- I can by Joyce Lo
- I Talk in Different Ways by Amanda C Hartmann and Nanhee Ha
- I wonder by Joyce Lo
- Me and My AAC by Tabitha Cabrera
- Roary’s Talker by Emily Holmes
- Something to Say About My Communication Device by Eden Molineux
Bulletin Board Resources
Podcasts and Social Media
Printable Vocabulary Back-ups and Core Boards
YouTube Videos
AAC Vocabularies