The closing date for ISAAC Australia’s 2017 awards has been extended to 30th April! You now have until the end of the month to nominate fabulous AAC users and supporters. There are four awards available: 1. The Foundation Award – This award is for someone who has shown improvement in…
How to renew your ISAAC Australia membership in 2017
This year for the first time ISAAC International is managing memberships on behalf of ISAAC Australia. To join or renew your membership, please go to Renew my membership. Please note – if you are a renewing member, you will need a username and password. This should have been emailed to you…
Invitation to webinar – National rollout of the Communication Access Symbol
Are you interested to learn how you can be part of the national rollout of communication access? Are you an organization that has experience in delivering services to individuals with communication difficulties? Are you interested in providing people who use AAC with the opportunity to have open employment? Are you…
Fabulous videos for AAC awareness
Here are the links to the winning videos of our AAC awareness month video competition. Enjoy! First prize: “Everyone Should be Heard” by Two Way Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laahkrSY2r0 Runner up: “Journey” by Radheya Jegatheva: https://vimeo.com/183272495
Reflections on the ISAAC 2016 conference in Toronto
Thanks to Emma and Toni Green for this report: Emma: thank you ISAAC Australia for the grant that helped with conference costs. The thing I loved most was seeing my friends who use AAC, speech therapists and other people I know. I’m crazy excited that ISAAC will be in Australia…
2018 ISAAC conference – Gold Coast Australia
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Great inclusion example
While we are celebrating AAC awareness month and working on our video masterpieces we thought you might enjoy this inspiring example of AAC inclusion in the classroom. Thanks to ISAAC Australia member BJ Price for drawing our attention to this, and congratulations to BJ’s son Max and his school mates…
AACcess All Areas Film Competition
Entries are now open in the ISAAC Australia 2016 film competition. Please see the attached information and submit your entry by 31st October. If you have any questions, please contact Andrea on isaacaustralia@gmail.com. isaac_filmcompetitionentryformisaac_videocompetitioninstructions
AAC Awareness Month Picnic!
Did you know….. We’re having a National AAC Awareness Picnic! October is ISAAC’s AAC Awareness Month – and we’re celebrating and joining in across Australia very soon! AAC Voice and Agosci are organising picnic’s in NSW, Queensland and Western Australia…. This year’s theme is Access All Areas – help…