#aac

[pixierainbows]

#NWACS #AAC #full time aac user #aac user #nonverbal communication #nonverbal #actually nonverbal #nonverbal autism #nonspeaking

[tontoemojis]

I have intense anxiety on using my AAC device . I of course knew this was going to happen but it is scarier now that I ’ m living it .

For now just only using it with my caregivers & psychologist , but still really hard to use due to anxiety ; using the actual machine has been getting easier as I practice & customize it , but it ’ s just the anxiety that has been getting on my ass lately { & will probably continue getting on my ass for a looooong time }

#tonto text post #tonto's aac #aac #aac user #part time aac user #semiverbal #actually semiverbal #semispeaking

[smoov-criminal]

was thinking about this earlier, i think it's fuckin stupid that speech to text software, subtitles, etc censor curse words by default. disabled people are not children, we can handle curse words of all fuckin things

and while we're at it, aac software should include curse words, again many aac users are not children and deserve the same options for communicating as speaking people do

#cpunk #cripple punk #speech to text #subtitles #aac

[stories-by-starlight]

Shout-out this stranger met for while recent, who saw we were AAC user and for whole time:

• made sure we not talked over in conversation

• stopped others from skip over us, and didn’t let them rush us either

• said any words AAC was say wrong verbally for us after we express frustration with that

• didn’t touch our device once or look at screen while using AAC (they were only person who didn’t)

• made sure we comfortable and accommodated whole time was with them

And don’t think any this was even big deal to them. This was first time they even saw AAC, but they still made sure were accommodated for it. Don’t think they realize how much meant to us, and it meant everything to us. To be include and supported so much by total stranger who we would never see again.

Gave us lot hope. Fact that there people like that out there. And wanted put all thoughts that couldn’t put into words when with person here.

Want other AAC users know that there people like that out there, and that there hope.

Edit: Notice this post a lot of people’s first time hear about AAC, want be clear that this person only start say words out loud for us after we made clear that that was something we okay with. Please don’t assume other AAC users want others correct words AAC pronounce different, because many don’t. Every AAC user different person with different preference, please don’t take ours as universal rule.

#warmth #aac #aac user #storybook talks #dont know if others actually interest in this but feel worth say even if it give just one person hope

[autiebiographical]

We need to stop devaluing non-speaking communication.

I honestly believe that sign language should be taught in school. Non-speaking people aren't the only ones who benefit from it. Making the world a more accessible place helps all of us.

#autiebiographical #autie-biographical #non speaking #asl #aac #actually autistic #autistic #autism #web comic #comic strip #comic

[frog-sorta-speaks]

Shoutout to people who who can't spell

Shoutout to people with with bad grammar

Shoutout to people who use AAC to type but you can't tell by looking

Shoutout to people who use AAC to type and and you can tell by looking

Shoutout to people people who type different because is is more comfortable

Shoutout to people who type different because is is only way way way they can

Shoutout to people who have be made fun of for for how how how type

Shoutout to anyone and everyone one who type different +, no matter the reason why

#disability #aac #aac positivity #frog croaks

[autball]

We. Can. Hear. You.

It’s AAC Awareness Month! AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) is more than just high tech devices like the one depicted here. It includes picture books/cards, sign language, writing it down, Spelling to Communicate - basically anything that conveys a message that is not speech. 

And anyone can use it! If you are non-speaking, unreliably speaking, not-yet speaking, or just find words hard sometimes, then AAC is for you. There is no “non-speaking enough” threshold you have to meet - if it makes your life easier, go ahead and use it.

AAC is empowering. People routinely talk about autistic kids and adults like they’re not even in the room, even when they CAN speak. (Which, if you’re someone who does this, STOP IT RIGHT NOW.) This parent could have assured this asshole professional person that her son could understand til they were blue in the face, and they wouldn’t have been believed if he hadn’t been able to communicate it for himself. 

Communication is a right. Don’t let anyone try to discourage AAC on the basis of it hindering speech or “being the easy way out” or whatever other nonsense they come up with. AAC *enhances* communication, and everyone deserves the ability to communicate their needs, tell you their thoughts and feelings, share their hopes and dreams, and tell people to fuck off when needed. 😉

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#autism #autistic #actually autistic #aac #aac awareness month #nonspeaking #nonspeakingdoesnotequalnonthinking #autistic funny

[chrome-barkz-aac]

Autistic people who use little word because they forget big word I love you.

Autistic people who use big word because they forget little word I love you.

Autistic people who use simple word because is all they can understand I love you.

Autistic people who only use simple word because is what is on theirs aac I love you.

Autistic people who have lot of very specific word about theirs special interest that other not understand I love you.

All this go for autistic non human too, people is what is fastest on aac. Peace and love to y’all

#chrome barkz #aac practice #aac #aac user #part time aac user #coughdrop aac #actually autistic #autism #autistic

[zebulontheplanet]

I hate when people say that autism doesn’t have a look. Yes, I understand that many low support needs/high masking/level 1s constantly get fakeclaimed because people say they don’t “look” autistic. However, they(low support needs/high masking individuals) usually follow this up by saying “autism doesn’t have a look. Stop saying that”

I want people to understand that to a lot of higher support needs people, we DO look autistic. We do stim publicly. We do grunt, laugh, make noises/vocal stim loudly. We do carry AAC devices. We do look autistic. People can point us out. People can know just from looking at us for a few seconds. That’s the issue I have.

Many of us look developmentally disabled. We look different. It’s frustrating to see time and time again that autism doesn’t have a look when I get singled out in public just for simply existing. It’s just exhausting.

Please in the future rephrase your posts. We are on the internet. We are reading your posts. We’re on tumblr. We’re on Reddit. We’re on Facebook and more. And even if we aren’t, you’re still disregarding those of us who are visibly autistic.

#zebrambles #autism #medium support needs #actually autism #actually autistic #aac #developmental disabilities #high support needs #higher support needs #Zebplanet

[clownrecess]

It is not inappropriate for AAC users to have acsess to swear words.

My peers started swearing at around age 10, and if that is what language the speaking people of that age are using, nonspeaking people have the same right.

Not giving us acsess to the same type of language as our peers feels alienating, it doesn't let us communicate with the same language and terms our peers and friends do. We are not babies. We are not stupid. We are the same as our speaking peers. Just because you can sometimes control what language we use, doesnt mean you should.

#aac #actually autistic #neurodivergent #aac user #nonspeaking autistic #autism #nonspeaking #aac device #aac users #situationally nonspeaking #disabled #nonverbal #nonverbal autism #nonverbal autistic #actually nonverbal #nonspeaking autism #nonspeaking autistics #actually nonspeaking #nonspeaking and proud #tw alienation #tw ableism #tw infantilization #alternative and augmentative communication #augmentative and alternative communication #alternative communication #communication devices #communication cards #high tech aac #autism acceptance #autistic experiences

[blackholemojis]

Good night and good morning symbol emojis, because I wanted to make some for my AAC

[ID: two symbol emojis of a hand waving. The first has a sun drawn behind it, and the second has a moon with stars drawn behind it. /End ID]

#aac #good morning #good night #blackholemojis basics #emoji #custom emoji #custom emote #custom emojis #custom emotes #discord emojis #discord emotes #discord emote #discord emoji

[calamityquellerei]

all AAC should be completely free forever. no there shouldn't be "free versions of paid AAC apps" i mean like every single feature and option should be free forever and ever. we should not have to pay to communicate.

#aac #autistic #autism #disability #disabled #aac user

[tobytalksaac]

Reminder that AAC device/mobility aid does not ruin your outfit!

#undescribed #cpunk #neuropunk #visibly disabled #nonspeaking autistic #nonverbal #actually autistic #aac #autism spectrum disorder #aac device #cripple punk #cripplepunk #physically disabled #autism #augmentative and alternative communication #babe with a mobility aid #cane user #mobility aid #physical disability #actually disabled

[autisticdreamdrop]

nonverbal communication is valid communication

#our edits #nonverbal #semiverbal #aac #aac user #tts #tts user #aac tts #tts aac #nonspeaking #semispeaking #social communication #commuication #nonverbal communication #autism #autistic #asd #actually autism #actually autistic #autism spectrum disorder #autie #actually autie #actually neurodiverse #actually neurodivergent #nuerodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodiverse

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

it easy change my voice on AAC.

easier than mouth speak people.

go to setting. go to voices. look, there entire lists. you can try them on like coats in mall. if don’t like them, in press of button you can have something new.

some, can change pitch. can make deeper. can make higher. can make faster. can make slower.

world in your tablet.

it hard change my voice on AAC.

my AAC. is my voice. is identity.

can change with press of button. but not so easy. we have history. my identity entangled with how AAC sound. how i sound.

change voice feel like loss of identity. feel empty. feel lost. feel like line carve in stone, divide me in past and future.

it hard change my voice on AAC.

do speaking people have to choose from limited list of pre synthesized voices? do speaking people run into other speaking people with same. exact. voice as them, same pronounciation errors, same annunciations, same tone, same exclamation?

do speaking people have to compromise within self and share that same voice with other people, a voice that yours but never fully yours?

it hard change my voice on AAC.

mouth speak people. as they age. mature. grow old. switch context. voice naturally changes. voice grows with them.

mine stops. mine frozen in time.

transition from one life stage to another. should i change a voice? to make pallatable for people around me, more professional, more mature, more “taken seriously,” but lose self in process?

it hard change my voice on AAC.

many choices for “standard” (< white) american (< USA) english. many choices for british english. some choices for spanish.

where my diaspora accents? where my languages?

can my friend not speak their mother tongue?

- thank you for give me outlet for voice, but you all that i have

from nonverbal full time aac user

(as in nonverbal all the time)

#loaf screm #aac #aac user #aac device #nonverbal

[stories-by-starlight]

Know online aac community strongly dominated (is this right word?) by those who use for reason related autism, like us.

So, shout-out and much love to the aac users who use aac for reason unrelated to autism. Who maybe feel left out in many conversation about aac.

For those with other disabilities that affect speech. And for those who use for other reasons. Hope voices are heard in aac community.

#aac #aac user #nonverbal #warmth #storybook talks