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EyeOn Air for Schools: What Teachers Are Saying
Inclusive education is not a checkbox. It is a daily practice that requires the right tools, the right training, and the right support. EyeOn Air for Schools was built in close collaboration with special education teachers, SLPs, and students โ and the feedback from classrooms has been encouraging. Here is what educators are telling us.…
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Building Core Vocabulary: The Words That Open Every Door
Research consistently shows that 80% of the words we use in everyday communication come from a pool of roughly 200 to 300 high-frequency words. These are called core vocabulary. They are not nouns like ‘apple’ or ‘dog’ โ they are words like ‘want,’ ‘go,’ ‘more,’ ‘help,’ ‘stop,’ ‘again,’ ‘different,’ ‘I,’ ‘you,’ ‘like,’ ‘no.’ Mastering core…
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How ‘Inside Out 2’ Sparked a Conversation About Communication Differences
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 did something rare for a blockbuster animated film: it put emotional communication โ the messy, nonlinear, sometimes impossible task of saying what you actually feel โ at the center of its story. For many families in the AAC community, that landed differently than it might for a general audience. It landed…
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Meet EyeOn Air: Eye Gaze Communication, Redefined
There are a lot of AAC devices on the market. Most of them ask users to adapt to the technology. EyeOn Air was designed the other way around โ with the technology built to meet each person where they are. Here is what makes it different Purpose-Built, Not Repurposed EyeOn Air is not a consumer…
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5 Ways to Set Up Your AAC Device for First-Time Success
Getting a new eye gaze AAC device is a milestone moment โ but the first few weeks can feel overwhelming. Calibration questions, vocabulary setup, wondering whether your child or loved one will ever take to it. You are not alone. The good news: there are a handful of setup decisions that make a huge difference,…
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What the Latest Disability Rights Legislation Means for AAC Users
2025 has been a notable year for disability rights policy in the United States. Several legislative and regulatory developments have direct implications for people who rely on AAC devices โ from expanded Medicaid coverage pathways to new protections for workplace accommodations. Here is what you need to know. Medicaid AAC Coverage Updates Historically, getting an…