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Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
...example—as well as body language, eye contact, written notes and...option and dynamic display technology controlled by the user. Vocabulary...appropriateness, and personalized so the technology can grow with the child, encouraging...can control reliably, or use eye-gaze techniques. Using AAC...control reliably, or use eye-gaze techniques. Using AAC does...
Education > Tutoring
The Voice of Success For Your Child
...example—as well as body language, eye contact, written notes and...option and dynamic-display technology controlled by the user. Vocabulary...appropriateness, and personalized so the technology can grow with the child, encouraging...can control reliably, or use eye-gaze techniques. Use of AAC...control reliably, or use eye-gaze techniques. Use of AAC does...
Research > Funding
Investing in the Future of Special Needs Research and Innovation
...develop new therapies, assistive technologies, and educational strategies....Driving Innovation in Assistive Technologies. One key area where research...of cutting-edge assistive technologies. These devices and software...possible by research include: Eye-gaze controlled computers...by research include: Eye-gaze controlled computers for people...
Research > Assistive Tech
Choosing AAC Devices Based on Research: What the Evidence Says About Effectiveness
...dedicated speech-generating devices, eye-gaze systems, picture boards, communication...dedicated speech-generating devices, eye-gaze systems, picture boards, communication...(speech-generating devices, tablets with AAC apps, eye-gaze systems) produce better results...devices, tablets with AAC apps, eye-gaze systems) produce better results than...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Tariffs Are Raising the Cost of Wheelchairs, AAC Devices, and Medications — What Families Can Do
...reimbursement rates. AAC devices: Speech-generating devices, communication tablets, eye-gaze hardware. Most components are manufactured abroad. Even software-only...rates. AAC devices: Speech-generating devices, communication tablets, eye-gaze hardware. Most components are manufactured abroad. Even software-only solutions...
Therapies > Speech
How AAC Devices Help Nonverbal Children Communicate
...produce spoken output at the press of a symbol, and some can be operated with eye gaze or head tilt for children with motor challenges. Tablet-based apps sit...spoken output at the press of a symbol, and some can be operated with eye gaze or head tilt for children with motor challenges. Tablet-based apps sit somewhere...
Career > Skills Training
Teamwork and Collaboration Skills Training for Autistic Adults
...that work with your neurology, not against it. Why "Just Be Yourself" Doesn't Work in Team Settings. Neurotypical team norms are unwritten and assumed. Eye contact during brainstorming signals engagement. Interrupting to build on someone's idea is collaborative. Small talk before the meeting starts is relationship-building....
Career > Interviewing
Panel Interviews and Disability: Managing Multiple Interviewers
...has a notepad, a laptop, or both. They're making eye contact with you. They're waiting. Panel interviews...minutes. You're tracking who asked what, managing eye contact across multiple faces, processing voices...speakers or the social pressure of distributing eye contact. When you request accommodations, name what...
Career > Interviewing
Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers
Standard interview prep coaches you to make eye contact, speak confidently, and "be yourself." For neurodivergent job seekers, that advice misses the point. The challenge isn't confidence. It's navigating...
Career > Interviewing
Video Interview Accommodations for Sensory and Communication Disabilities
...barriers that don't exist in a conference room: harsh lighting, mandatory eye contact with a camera, rapid-fire questions with no visual processing time,...visual strain Permission to turn off your own video feed if maintaining camera eye contact creates cognitive load Use of a plain background or blur feature without...
Career > Finding Jobs
Explaining Employment Gaps Without Disclosing Disability
...It needs to show continuity, capability, and trajectory. Use a functional or hybrid format. A chronological resume with a multi-year gap draws the eye to the absence. A functional resume leads with skills, with employment listed secondarily. A hybrid format does both: skills up top, work history below,...
Education > Early Intervention
Understanding Early Intervention Therapies: Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy for Infants and Toddlers
...your child uses sounds and gestures to communicate needs before words develop. A speech-language pathologist (SLP) works on: Pre-language skills: eye contact, joint attention, turn-taking in play, responding to their name Expressive communication: babbling, first words, word combinations, using gestures...