User Sucess Stories
Minspeak Transforms Lives
Minspeak users are more successful communicators at home, in school, at work and in their communities. See stories of succcess and hope on the Minspeak web site
Prentke Romich Company (PRC)
Success stories are submitted to Prentke Romich Company (PRC) in the USA by a person using a PRC device or their parent or caregiver. The stories offer information about their journey through life with alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) and their communication success.
Case studies illustrate how individuals with specific disabilities use PRC devices to communicate effectively. The studies include information from the AAC professionals involved in the therapy and the assistive technology specialist who is training or teaching the AAC device user. Most studies also include comments from a parent or caregiver. Video clips and language samples may also be used to illustrate therapies.
The Center for AAC and Autism
What is Successful AAC communication?
Real communication is the expression of one's heart and mind. We communicate to express our needs, desires, thoughts, and humor, to ask questions and learn about the world around us, to engage with others. Real communication occurs when we have the ability to say what we want to say when we want to say it. It is the combination of access to a multitude of words, gestures, facial expressions, and vocalizations. Communication should not be limited by others' predictions of what we might want to say. The desire to communicate comes from the fact that it makes our lives easier, more enjoyable, and more rewarding.
We will be introducing to you several individuals with autism, who are using AAC to communicate and develop their language skills. They are in different stages of learning but all are on their way to becoming independent, spontaneous communicators.