Jordyn Zimmerman: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs in the Education System
This week, Chris and Rachel interview Jordyn Zimmerman, an autistic nonspeaking adult who was featured in the documentary “This is Not About Me.” This is Not About Me covers Jordyn’s journey trying to...
30 Jun 202346min
Rebecca Gettings: A Parent’s Journey Supporting AAC, Language, & Literacy
This week, Rachel and Chris interview Rebecca Gettings, a parent of an AAC user in Arizona. Her son, Carter, has complex communication needs and uses eye tracking. Rachel shares about her journey from...
24 Jun 20231h 24min
Sydney Elcan Birchfield: Assistive Technology Q&A with Chris Bugaj
This week, we share Chris’s interview with Sydney Elcan Birchfield, an OT Assistant working in the schools and a graduate student in Assistive Technology at George Mason University! Sydney interviews ...
14 Jun 20231h 12min
Coaching Call with Sarah Seiger: AAC at a Nonpublic/Nonprofit School
This week, we share Chris’s coaching call with Sarah Seiger! Sarah is an SLP at a nonpublic/nonprofit school in Cleveland, OH that supports students with complex needs from multiple local school distr...
7 Jun 20231h 17min
Small Talks VII: Darla Ashton, Hank Poore, Sean Sweeney, Shelley Anderson, & Tami Altschuler
This week, we share another episode of Small Talks, where we share small interviews with previous guests. This week, we share Small Talks with Darla Ashton, Hank Poore, Sean Sweeney, Shelley Anderson,...
2 Jun 202346min
Samantha Hagness & Becky Woolley (Part 2) - Strategies for Improving Communication Partner Coaching
This week, we present Part 2 of Chris interview with Samantha Hagness and Becky Woolley, two AT/AAC Specialists from the Mesa Public Schools, as they continue to explore integrating Grid for Education...
25 Mai 202340min
Samantha Hagness & Becky Woolley (Part 1) - Modeling AAC in the Classroom Using Grid 3
This week, Chris interviews Samantha Hagness and Becky Woolley, two AT/AAC Specialists from the Mesa Public Schools. They chat about some of their successes and setbacks with using TouchChat as their ...
21 Mai 202338min
Alyssa Hillary Zisk and Lily Konyn: Gestalt Language Processing and AAC
This week, we present Rachel’s interview with Alyssa Hillary Zisk and Lily Konyn, two autistic part-time AAC users who are members of the AAC Research Team at AssistiveWare. Alyssa and Lily discuss Ge...
11 Mai 202355min
