AAC users traveling in Victoria will be glad to know that regional and metropolitan train services are now communication accessible. Find out more at www.vline.com.au/Fares-general-info/Additional-pages/Communications-Access. You can also download communication tools here. There is a lovely video with lots of AAC use at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP1kQPFV3GM.
ISAAC conference comes to Australia!
ISAAC Australia is excited to announce that the ISAAC international conference is coming down under for the first time ever. The conference will be held on the Gold Coast in 2018. This news was announced at the 2016 ISAAC conference in Toronto on 10th August. Watch this space for more…
Victorian Disability Advisory Council – call for expressions of interest
The Victorian Disability Advisory Council is looking for new members. If you are interested, please refer to the attached document. VDAC recruitment Advert
Free access to AAC journal articles – Have you seen this post from the ISAAC website?
30th Anniversary Free Access Event It has been 30 years since the founding of the Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal in 1985. To celebrate this milestone, the AAC journal editors, past and present, and publisher Taylor & Francis are providing key articles free for a period of 30 days. One article will…
ISAAC Australia’s own Janelle Sampson wins Community Award!
There are a lot of things I could say about Janelle Sampson, she is just a fantastic woman full stop. Janelle has taken a tremendous business risk this year and has started running workshops by people who use AA C, which is inspiring the AA C community in South Australia…
Jack White is the posthumous winner of the ISAAC Australia Information Award
The Information Award. The award is given for work that raises awareness of AA C. It includes articles, lectures, public appearances, radio interviews or public work of art. This award goes to Jack White, of Shelley, Western Australia. Jack died this year, he was only ten years old but kept…
Sue Stephens wins ISAAC Australia Community Award
The ISAAC Australia Community Award goes to someone who actively uses AA C in the community and actively contributes to the use of AAC in the community. This award goes to Sue Stevens in Eltham, Victoria. Sue is a dispensary technician at a community pharmacy in Hampton East. Amongst her…
Malkara Specialist School wins 2015 schools’ award!
Malkara has made a strong commitment to ensure all students at the school with Complex Communication Needs have an appropriate Augmentative and Alternative Communication System, that the systems are used daily and that all staff have appropriate training in using the systems and in becoming good communication partners. As a…
ISAAC Australia 2015 awards announced
The winners of this year’s ISAAC Australia awards were announced at the AGOSCI conference on 14th May. Congratulations to all winners! School/organisation awards: Malkara Specialist School (ACT) Information Award: Jack White (WA) Community awards: Sue Stephens (Vic) Eli Dickenson (WA) Janelle Sampson (SA) Watch the next few blog posts for…
Call for participants – leadership program in Melbourne
Dear friends of Opening Doors, I am thrilled to report that applications for the 2015 Opening Doors Program are now open! This year we will be celebrating 7 years of Opening Doors making a real difference in local communities. Please forward this e-mail on through your networks – we would…