Don’t be Foolish – Success is only about doing your Best
Have you ever heard the statement on how success is the only thing that truly matters? Have you thought just how wrong that sentence is? The one thing everybody begins to learn early on is that only gaining success increases…
Perceptions Matter
Hi! This is Aditi Sowmyanarayan, your friendly neighbourhood author, and I am back with yet another account of ‘wacky adventures’ that I get to experience as an AAC user who is determined to unleash my ‘talker’ out in the world…
Avaz Perspectives: What Happens When You Ask Us to Simplify AAC?
What Happens When You Ask Us to Simplify AAC? A peep into the conversations behind what we build. Avaz was born in India. That matters. India is not a mature AAC ecosystem. Awareness of AAC is still growing, access to…
What if the word you want is covered with tape?
A conversation between Keerthana, who leads the Avaz AAC product, and Lakshmi, who leads product marketing at Avaz. It started with a piece of tape. Keerthana: I was thinking about the low-tech boards we have pasted around at home. Say…
The Art of Staring Back
If you are someone with Autism, or any other invisible disability, and communicate differently as compared to the average majority , you would understand what it feels like when you are on the receiving end of the ‘stare’- that quizzical…
The Art of Listening
Yes, everyone of course can hear because how we hear only reflects in truth that our ears are working. Hearing and listening really are vastly different in the actions involved. How one must listen is clearly dependent on the effort…