Sometimes, simple things can make a world of difference. Take for example a non-verbal person who can’t necessarily control a touch screen in order to tell someone else what they need or want or think ...

Under the harsh fluorescent lights of an emergency room, most people can verbally communicate their symptoms and severity of pain to a nurse. Those who cannot use their voice to communicate must rely ...

WESTFORD --On a cool, sunny Saturday morning, the Mahady family ventured to the Forge Beach playground in Westford -- where Weston Mahady, 3, loves to go. He led his parents, Ali and Patrick Mahady, ...

Speech is heard but if one cannot respond with speech themselves, are there other ways? These alternative means of communication are called Augmentative Alternative Communication or AAC tools. sign ...

The City of Fort Worth recently recognized Apraxia Awareness Day, the condition that keeps her son from speaking. Fort Worth City Hall did something good for a mom advocating for her son and others ...

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Nonverbal communication boards have been installed in two Canton Township playgrounds. The augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) boards have been placed in Heritage ...

Parents of a nonverbal child with autism started a fundraiser to install a communication board on a school playground. Communication boards provide visual aids to help nonverbal children express ...

LANSDALE — The North Penn School District has installed communication boards at all thirteen elementary schools in the district to help students with language barriers or communication differences ...