The Power
of Connection –
A voice
for all . . . a voice of one’s choice . . .
learning
to listen in new ways . . .
communication
equality
International AAC Month Campaign 2014 – October
We are preparing
to mark our sixth year of AAC Month featuring a 24-hour (!) chat. We
hope that you will join us to focus the world’s attention on the need for
access to other ways to communicate (called AAC) and literacy for people who
have difficulty speaking effectively.
The AAC Month
task force will share information and resources on our website, on our Facebook
page (International AAC Month) and on Twitter
(AACawareness). The sixth annual 24-hour online AAC Chat
/ “Read-a-Thon” on Skype, Facebook and Twitter will be held October 22,
starting at 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (USA).
Send inquiries
or submit information on any events or activities which you wish us to promote to JBergers1987@gmail.com or
judybailey@aol.com or post
on Facebook.
Here are some
ideas for events and activities:
Ideas for
local events and activities:
- Work together with people who use AAC to share information, to organize and conduct training and events (festival, fair, seminar, AAC book or poetry reading, Silent Tea or Coffee Break, AAC quiz, communication technology expo)
- Link new AAC users with experienced AAC users for mentoring
- Invite a speaker who uses AAC, arrange a poetry reading or AAC-led singalong
- Host a film on AAC with discussion afterward including people who use AAC
- Sponsor a public reading of the Communication Bill of Rights (and film it to share)
- Plan a Power of Communication Relay and information fair to raise funds for communication devices – See Faye Warren’s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ati_34FcEAs
Ideas for
online participation:
- Share resources, information and links on our Facebook page on posted topics (learning about AAC, websites, blogs, videos, books, technology, history of AAC, training opportunities, signs or promotional items, quotes, AAC and various conditions, literacy and AAC, communication partners and allies, and many more) – check our Facebook page often to read and contribute!
- Post or publish writings, blogs, and videos about AAC and the power of connection by people who communicate using AAC, parents of individuals who use AAC, or professionals writing about their experiences. Encourage people who use AAC to communicate to share their stories.
- Participate in the 6th Annual 24-Hour AAC Chat on Skype, Facebook and Twitter beginning on October 22, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (USA); post, read, share on International AAC Month Facebook page; post, read, share tweets on Twitter (Twitter hashtag #AACchat), listen to Justin Bergers' radio server program http://104.128.230.176:8000/listen.pls.
Facebook: International
AAC Awareness Month (join and check in often for news)
Twitter account
to follow: #AACAwareness
Blog: link to be posted soon
Twitter hashtag
for 24 Hour AAC Chat: #AACchat