Screens get most of the attention when we talk about disability representation, but picture books shape how young children understand the world just as powerfully — and AAC is slowly, finally, starting to show up on the shelf. A Small but Growing Shelf For years, books featuring AAC users were rare and often clinical in…

An eye gaze device asks a lot of its hardware — precision tracking, long battery life, and durability across years of daily use. Here is a look at how that engineering comes together. Engineering for Real Life, Not Just the Lab It is one thing for a device to track accurately in a controlled testing…

Every transition — a new school year, a new classroom, a new therapist — creates a risk that AAC vocabulary and habits built in one setting will not carry over to the next. A little coordination goes a long way toward keeping communication consistent. Why Transitions Are Hard on Communication Systems A child who has…