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Power of Communication Relays:
I am Faye Warren, the chairman of people who use communication devices for the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). One of my duties is to organize the 2011 and 2012 International AAC Awareness Month task force in the United States. We are focused on raising the awareness of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and to inform the public about the many ways in which people may communicate using communication devices.
We would like to organize relays in cities nationwide to help spread awareness of multimodal communication in adults and children with disabilities. The name of relay is The Power of Communication. This event will take place every October starting in 2011. The relays will be held at a high school or college tracks and the money raised will go to local organizations to help support awareness of AAC.
Would you be interested in sponsoring our cause by donating your time, financial assistance, or snacks and beverages? It would help the enhancement of personal life skills through communication devices by supporting access to inclusive early education for children, and families with disabilities in a world of possibilities. In addition to helping the AAC community, it will also help and enhance your business or organization locally and nationwide.
I would really appreciate this so much. I will look forward to hearing from you. Please pass or copy and paste this message to everybody to whom you know especially to the companies and organizations to whom you think would be interested in sponsoring us and provide us with volunteers.
For more information, see my video on YouTube about the Power of Communication Relays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6_Wa6d9b_k
Augmentative Communication Awareness Campaigns and Projects Around the World
Please let us know about your AAC campaigns and projects so that we may highlight them here.Hello: Talk, Listen, Take Part
Hello, the 2011 national year of communication, is a campaign to increase understanding of how important it is for children and young people to develop good communication skills. In the 21st century, the ability to communicate - to say what you want to say and to understand what other people are saying - is fundamental. Read more… http://www.hello.org.uk/
Kilometres for Communication
We're partnering with the Canadian Chapter of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Together we're conducting a public education, information and awareness campaign to change provincial policies so that vital AAC services, supports and technology are consistently available in all provinces. We're campaigning for the people who must have these services in order to fully participate in Canadian society, and our goal is for accessibility and inclusion--for the more than 3 million Canadians with disabilities--to become a national priority. Read more… http://kilometresforcommunication.com/
Spotlight
Teen cycling across Canada to raise awareness about alternative communication
‘People who aren’t able to speak have lots to say’
Monday January 17, 2011 -- Natalie Hamilton
Driven to create a better world for his brother and others who speak using alternative communication methods, Skye Wattie is cycling across Canada this summer. Read more… http://www.communitylivingontario.ca/news-events/news/teen-cycling-across-canada-raise-awareness-about-alternative-communication
Information and links from AAC Awareness Month 2010
(move info and links about 2010 events, etc., to another page and link to it from the home page, so they are not lost from the site)
This is some of the activities at ISAAC Conference
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Welcome to the International AAC Awareness website - your gateway to events and programs happening around the world in celebration of ISAAC's annual International AAC Awareness Month. Tour the site to learn more about 2009's theme of AAC and Communication! |
Awareness only happens when you share a story with someone, so come let the world know what you have to say!
*AAC means Augmentative and Alternative Communication--other ways to speak and write for people with speech impairments or disabilities--like electronic talking aids, computers, boards and books with pictures, words and letters, Talking Mats, Communication Passports, eye-gaze, partner-assisted scanning, facilitated communication training, gesture and sign language.PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC 2007; Bliss Symbols © Blissymbolics Communication International 1982; Minspeak Symbols © Semantic Compaction Systems 2005; Widgit Literacy Symbols © Widgit Software
