Speak Out August 2021

group includes people who have different types of communication disability and communication support needs, who are different ages and have different cultural backgrounds. There are also several communication

authoritative point for accessing and sharing information and resources, but also for building connection and community, and providing a platform for advocacy and autonomy." The content for the website is under development with work underway to ensure that it has the right "look and feel" with a clear, easily navigable, structure. Over the coming months we will develop a range of videos and resources to include, so we will be putting a call out for people to be involved. Please contact us if you know someone who would be wonderful telling us their communication story. If you would like any further information, have any questions about the project, or would like to be involved in the website content development or evaluation please contact the ILC Project Manager, Alison Holm, aholm@ speechpathologyaustralia.org.au Alison Holm ILC Project Manager

partners, as well as speech pathologists and representatives from AGOSCI and Scope.

Siobhan Daley: Advisory group member and AAC user "I have been using various forms of AAC my whole life, from sign to high tech communication devices. I have been using Minspeak for eleven years. To me, communication means everything. It is how I have managed to move out of home and run a team of support workers and achieved pretty much everything I have. "I feel very privileged to be working on this project. I think the Communication Hub will provide a valuable source of information from a variety of perspectives about AAC which will benefit everyone from those just beginning their AAC journey, to those who are veterans." Susan Cassidy: AGOSCI representative on the advisory group As a speech pathologist who has been communicating with people with complex communication needs (and their families, carers and teachers) for 37 years, I am well aware of how useful the Communication Hub will be, not only for the purposes of providing a central

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