The AAC journal’s special issue on AAC Research: The Power of Collaboration includes 21 papers from the Future of AAC Research Summit. All of the papers are authored or co-authored by someone who uses AAC. Today’s blog post features Patrick Regan’s paper: The first word in accessibility is “access.”
The first word in accessibility is “access”
Patrick Regan is President-Elect of USSAAC, and he also plays leadership roles in ISAAC International, and outreach programs for The Bridge School. Patrick experiences Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and has used a wide variety of AAC to communicate. In this paper, he describes “access challenges that I have experienced as someone who uses AAC, how my team and I have resolved them, and what challenges I face now.”
Read Patrick Regan’s article now for free at the AAC journal.
This paper is part of the series from The Future of AAC Research Summit held in May, 2024. View a video of Patrick’s presentation at the Summit.
About this special issue of the AAC Journal
On May 13-14, 2024, the RERC on AAC and CommunicationFIRST co-hosted the Future of AAC Research Summit in Arlington, Virginia. The Summit brought together a group of 120 AAC users, researchers, federal funding agencies, developers, and service providers.
The summit yielded 21 papers that have now been published in a special issue of the AAC journal. These papers share the lived experiences of people who use AAC, key research results, and future directions. The issue is an historic one with every paper authored or co-authored by someone who uses AAC. And, ALL of the papers are free access.
How can I read these papers?
The entire special issue is now available, with free access to all articles.
Keep an eye out for future posts that will feature particular articles.
And see our previous post on this special issue:
Special issue of the AAC journal