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Personal Safety and AAC Users
In this blog, Nayantara, a Speech Language Pathologist at Avaz, shares valuable insights and practical strategies to empower AAC users in understanding…
Back to School with AAC: Tips & Strategies
It is back-to-school time in many parts of the world. For neurodivergent AAC users, the many changes this time brings may induce…
Setting AAC Goals: Strategies for Emergent AAC Users
Setting AAC goals are an important part achieving the goal of autonomous communication. What do effective goals look like? What are the…
Reading Skills for AAC Users
Children love reading books. Fostering a love for reading books has many benefits in language development. This is especially true for AAC…
Social Interactions & AAC
In this blog, let’s explore how AAC can be used to initiate conversations, take turns, ask questions, and engage in appropriate social…
Prompting: 5 Activities to Make it Fun!
Prompting is an important strategy while learning to communicate. Here are a set of activities that remove the overwhelm and make communication…
Descriptive Teaching: Unlocking AAC User’s Potential
Descriptive teaching creates a conducive environment for AAC users to learn more effectively. In this blog, Avaz's resident SLP Nayantara gives you…
Looking Beyond an Autistic Meltdown
An autistic meltdown can be a challenging and overwhelming experience for both the autistic individual as well as their caregivers. While preventing…
Visual Scene Displays in AAC: Making Communication More Meaningful
A child looks at a photo of their grandmother baking in the kitchen. They tap on the bowl in the picture to…
Breaking Barriers: Discussing Sports with AAC Users
Sports brings people together! Whether you are playing it or watching it - it is a source of great joy and togetherness.…