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…
Eli Dickenson wins ISAAC Australia Community Award
Eli Dickenson (Maylnads, WA) is a young adult in his twenties who lives his life to the full. He also happens to have Angelman Syndrome and associated complex communication needs, and uses a range of AAC tools and strategies to communicate. Eli is an active member of his community, in…
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…