In 2025 ISAAC Australia was able to make some small grants available.Our aim was (as always) to promote worldwide awareness about how AAC can help individuals who need it. The grant process was announced with a focus on innovative approaches to research in AAC that may otherwise have been limited…
ISAAC Australia Award Winners 2025
Congratulations to all the award winners and we thank-you for your contributions to the increased awareness and use of AAC.
ISAAC Australia Awards
Welcome everyone to AAC Awareness Month! The theme for 2025 is “Innovation, Inclusion & Advocacy in AAC”. As part of this, ISAAC Australia is doing our Awards during AAC Awareness Month for the first time! Our awards focus around the themes for this year – so it is extremely appropriate…
ISAAC Australia Small Grants
ISAAC Australia is delighted to announce that we are offering some small grants in 2025. These one-off small grants are aimed at projects that would otherwise be limited by the constraints of other funding programs. The project must directly or indirectly assist, involve and benefit people who need AAC. Applications…
Pacific Disability Forum
ISAAC Australia is excited to share information about the Pacific Disability Forum. The 8th Pacific Regional Conference on Disability is being held from the 13th to 17th October this year in Nada, Fiji. Meredith Allan, our treasurer, will be attending and hopes to see some of you there! If you’re…
Silent Morning Tea Kit for International AAC Awareness Month
ISAAC Australia is delighted to share a newly created kit to help raise awareness of AAC as part of International AAC Awareness Month. The kit has information about AAC and resources to run a Silent Morning Tea at a venue of your choice. ISAAC Australia’s Silent Morning Tea Kit includes:…
ISAAC Australia Updates
Dear ISAAC Australia members and former members! I’m writing to you as part of my new role as the President of ISAAC Australia. I’m very excited to be taking this journey as part of the ISAAC Australia team – and having more opportunities to raise the awareness of AAC and…
Talking Scrubs Survey
Many Australians cannot speak or speak well enough to be understood. This isparticularly concerning in health settings. The Board of ISAAC Australia* has teamed upwith health researchers from the University of Adelaide, UniSA and Flinders University ina study to see if health worker scrubs printed with communication symbols mightimprove communication…