Thanks to Brigid Crotty, a fantastic member of the clinical team at new Horizons Wellness Services, Llc for providing information about AAC month:

Access to multi-modal communication with AAC allows individuals to fully express their thoughts, needs, feelings, and so much more. As communication partners, we can support AAC users by valuing their communication methods the same way we value speech. Here is a video describing Aided Language Stimulation, which is one strategy we can use to support language development in AAC users. Here is an infographic describing AAC Do’s and Don’ts for the communication partner, and an article with helpful hints about AAC.

To celebrate AAC Awareness Month, many AAC app developers are providing limited time discounts on their communication apps (including Proloquo2go, TouchChat, Pictello, and much more): AAC app discounts