To view accessible video content and webcasts you need to have installed the RealG2 Player or Windows Media Player . We suggest you install the latest Version. Our vision is a world where augmentative and alternative communication is recognized, valued and used by people everywhere who are unable to express themselves in the usual ways. AAC involves a wide range of approaches and devices which make it possible for people who are unable to express themselves through speech or hand writing to communicate.
Strategies range from symbol boards to computers to speech synthesizers.
Using such strategies, hundreds of thousands of people around the world can use AAC to go to school or work and be active in their communities. AAC opens doors so that people who rely on alternative means of communication can live independently, and lead productive lives. This includes users, families, providers, researchers, manufacturers, and policy makers, indeed anyone who is involved in using, creating or providing alternative means of communication. Scientific sessions, posters, workshops and interactive forums comprised the daily fare of the conference. Also included was a large technical display and daily demonstrations of the latest in new communication technologies.