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Caitríona Ní C, neurodiversity-celebrating, CORU & IASLT registered, Speech & Language Therapist interested in autism & AAC. Learning every day.

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If you feel the urge to use a conjunction- and is grand!

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@msniamhgarvey Looking forward @msniamhgarvey

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@AuDHD_SLT Love this post Kate. What do you mean by pebbling?

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar I love this for her 😊

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@Communi_con Congratulations 😃

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar That’s a great point. Benefits of AAC are endless.

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Brilliant idea to practise the motor plan.

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar I like the Phrase & Keyboard tab on the home screen (amongst other features)

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Enjoy! The developers are very responsive on instagram if you have questions & there are “how to” videos on their website.
It’s a lovely thing you & your daughter are doing x

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Alternatively, pages of the child’s AAC could be printed for a paper-based version.

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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Absolutely. Just if it’s not poss to have the same app, it wld be a way of showing AAC is valid & valued in that context if there are other AACs. Also, as the lay-out is often similar (core words on Home Screen, folders with categories..) it wld be nice to explore at home.

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@suemoontherapy @michaelsheen Love this. Thank you for sharing

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@msniamhgarvey @theorah Congratulations!!!! Can’t wait 😃

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@AlexMaxien21706 @DerekLandy Hey! That link is really poor. If you can download the RTE Radio Player app you can access the clip under Brendan O’Connor

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We love @DerekLandy in our house. Loved hearing him discuss his writing & his stammer on Brendan O’Connor

Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant on RTÉ Radio 1 https://t.co/MivUYsAflL

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@AuDHD_SLT Looking forward to the resource!

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@AuDHD_SLT You’ll have to write a book Kate!

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@RamirezSinead @CLTTJournal @Yvonne_M_Lynch @ckennyirl @ClinSpeechTCD Congratulations!

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If you’d like to learn more about AAC, I’m running a Fundamentals of Symbolic AAC course with @synergyadulted at the end of the month.

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I often think about this quote from D.R. Beukleman.
There’sso much effort & cost for families & individuals in getting an aac device - but only then does the real work start. Communication is about people, not devices, so using this new method can be a huge shift for all of us.

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By the way, I just want to acknowledge that you can be an effective non-symbolic communicator, and I’m sure Mr. Beukleman would agree