PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), an assistive technology tool, is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system often used with individuals who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), nonverbal people or people with other communication challenges. It was developed […]
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What Is, NewsA special education teacher works with students who have a wide range of learning, mental, emotional, and physical disabilities. They adapt general education lessons and teach various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with mild
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Moving house can be hard. Finding the new home, financial stress, emotional stress, the impact on your physical health. The list of issues goes on and on. Now add disability. A person in a wheelchair, or a person
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Mark and I had only been dating for about 6 weeks, when I first asked him if he wanted to join me in travelling to the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Other than Mark, I had only had some
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This week’s theme is innovation that goes mainstream. In our podcast we talk to Kathleen Casford from ByNinja about a technology that is mainstream being used to make life easier for people with disability. Over the years there
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“People don’t know what they don’t know.” I remember my parents shaking their heads at me as I was growing up. As a child I was sure that my parents knew everything. If they didn’t know it, it
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People with disabilities bring many skills to the business just like everyone else. However, they also bring some extra skills that may not be available to the average person. With the issues today that business are having in
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We never think about the way that we communicate. However, we communicate all the time, verbally, nonverbally and using written methods. So what makes up communication? Communication is a process made up of many different components. Depending on
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Digital accessibility enhances communication by ensuring that digital content and information can be accessed, understood, and interacted with by everyone, regardless of their abilities. How does this happen? A Larger Audience For many individuals, the realization of a
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NewsOne of the themes that we have been exploring in a couple of our podcasts is becoming disabled when you are older. Patick Dillon, Jaceen Ross and I experienced this. Whether it’s due to age-related conditions, injuries, or
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