AAC Consultation for Adults

If you are an adult who would like to try AAC for yourself, I can help.

I offer free consultations where you can:

  • Ask questions

  • Try out a variety of systems

  • Learn more about your options

  • Discuss funding for a device, if you need one

I will not try to rope you into a therapy plan or put you on an email list.

Often adults just need to see what options are out there. It can feel overwhelming at first, but AAC in any form can make you safer and give you more control during situations where you might otherwise be ignored. Communication access is a basic human right.

Who Can Benefit From AAC?

Autistic adults who shut down or become nonverbal when overwhelmed

AAC might be as simple as a business card in your wallet with your emergency contact information, or it may involve a symbol-based or text-based app on your phone.

Adults whose disability makes it hard for them to talk in emergencies

Anxiety, PTSD, trauma, and other factors can sometimes make it difficult to articulate your needs in emergency situations. Having a backup communication system gives you the ability to clearly give or withhold consent, ask important questions, and maintain greater control.

People whose speech is hard to understand

If you are well-understood at home but struggle when you go into the community, AAC can help clarify your message and repair communication breakdowns. Even something as simple as an alphabet board can make a difference.

Anyone who thinks it might help them function more easily

For most people, AAC is slower and less useful than regular speech. But for others speaking is exhausting, ineffective, and hard to plan out. If you think that you might benefit from AAC, then so do I. There’s nothing wrong with trying something new that could improve your quality of life.

A communication aid with various icons and messages, including stops, relaxation, directions, restroom, water, call family, assistance, questions, hospital, talking on the phone, questions about personal care, driving, hygiene, help, allergies, and sleeping, with buttons labeled Yes or No at the bottom.

What does AAC look like for adults?

Basic communication card on a keychain or lanyard

A tablet device displaying a communication app with picture and word symbols, including words like 'finished,' 'mine,' 'little,' and 'yes,' used for speech therapy or augmentative communication.

Symbol-based system

A colorful communication board with alphabet letters at the top and various picture symbols with words below, used for speech or communication support.

Communication book

Screenshot of a speech-to-text app interface on a mobile device, showing common phrases for speech recognition, with a message input at the top asking 'Hello, how are you?' and various categories like 'Common', 'History', 'Food/drink', and options for saving or recording speech.

Text-based system

An adult using an alphabet board to communicate

Alphabet Board

A person demonstrates using a small medical device with wires connected to it, with an iPad on a table in the background.
Two push buttons, one green with 'YES!' and one red with 'NO!'.

Switch-controlled system

Perspectives from AAC Users

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