UPCOMING NWACS EVENTS:

April 21 at 6 pm PT: NWACS Study Buddies (virtual)

April 24 at 7 pm PT: NWACS AAC Learning Network event (virtual)

April 28 at 1 pm PT (🕐 new time!): NWACS AAC+GLP Caregiver Meetup (virtual)

⚠️ We are making updates to the website. Thank you for your patience. ⚠️

  • Welcome
  • For AAC Users
  • For Parents
  • For Educators
  • For Providers
  • Blog
Menu

NWACS

Street Address
Seattle, WA
Phone Number
Northwest Augmentative Communication Society

Your Custom Text Here

NWACS

  • Welcome
  • For AAC Users
  • For Parents
  • For Educators
  • For Providers
  • Blog

Why Do We communicate?

March 29, 2023 NWACS

NWACS board member, Cassandra, describes different reasons we communicate.

[1 minute read]

Read more
In AAC Across the Lifespan Tags communication, AAC, basics
Comment
Share

ADD YOUR VOICE!

Are you interested in contributing to the NWACS blog? Click HERE

WELCOME TO THE NWACS BLOG

Collections by topic:

  • AAC and Literacy

  • Communication Bill of Rights

  • Communicative Competence

Browse around or use the navigation tools below to help you find the information that you seek. 1 - This Blog has several main Categories. 2 - You can also look through the Tags. Tags can exist in any of the categories and across categories. 3 - Or use the Search tool ⬇!

CATEGORIES

  • AAC Across the Lifespan
  • AAC Assessment
  • AAC Awareness Month
  • AAC Best Practices
  • AAC Education
  • AAC Implementation
  • AAC Organization
  • AAC Spotlight
  • AAC Systems
  • AACademics
  • Advocacy
  • Assistive Techonology
  • Awareness
  • Language
  • Let's Talk AAC
  • New Discoveries

TAGS

  • AAC
  • AAC abandonment
  • AAC across the lifespan
  • AAC advocacy
  • AAC and Literacy
  • AAC awareness
  • AAC awareness month
  • AAC collaboration
  • AAC community
  • AAC device
  • AAC families
  • AAC in Early Intervention
  • AAC preparedness
  • AAC professionals
  • AAC rep
  • AAC Rights
  • AAC skills
  • AAC stories
  • AAC supports
  • AAC users
  • access
  • accessory
  • acquired conditions
  • acute care
  • advocacy
  • allyship
  • app
  • approach
  • Autonomy
  • awareness
  • basics
  • Bilingualism & AAC
  • birth to 3
  • book
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • community involvement
  • competencies
  • conference
  • cultural awareness
  • device trials
  • disability etiquette
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • family
  • funding
  • goals
  • interview
  • mental health
  • mindset
  • multi-cultural practices
  • myths
  • neurodiversity
  • reading instruction
  • remote learning
  • research
  • resource
  • school
  • shared reading
  • shared writing
  • strategy
  • symbols
  • Team Collaboration
  • tool
  • transition
  • troubleshooting
  • vendor
  • webinar
  • writing instruction
Donate to NWACS - NWACS is a nonprofit organization run solely on volunteer power! Your donations help us: to cover our operating costs, to grow our events and outreach, to provide conference scholarships, and more! Thank you for your ongoing support
 
Blog RSS

Subscribe to our Mailing List

Northwest Augmentative Communication Society (NWACS) will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you via email to provide news, updates, and marketing.

You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at info@nwacs.info. We will treat your information with respect. For more information about our privacy practices visit our Disclosures Page. By clicking ‘Sign Up’, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms.

We use MailChimp as our marketing automation platform. By clicking ‘Sign Up’ to submit this form, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.

Thank you!

© 2016-2025 Northwest Augmentative Communication Society