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Communication for Education
@communicationfored.bsky.social
Comprehensive online training for text-based multimodal communication for nonspeaking / min-speaking learners.

A collaboration among dozens of #ActuallyAutistic contributors, thought leaders from the #disability community, and other professional allies.
“The field was finally kind of level.”
New open access research co-authored by our co-founder, Lisa Mihalich Quinn, explores how nonspeaking autistic students experienced inclusion and communication access in virtual learning.
doi.org/10.1080/1360...
#Disability #InclusiveEducation #AAC
‘The field was finally kind of level’: nonspeaking autistic students’ perspectives on foundational elements of inclusive virtual learning
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a swift global shift to virtual learning, raising concerns about ensuring inclusive education for students with disabilities. Augmentative and alternative communication...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This guide is designed to accompany CFE's online course, but it can also act as a powerful stand alone resource, giving you tools to navigate many topics that impact the communication and education of nonspeaking, minimally speaking, and unreliably speaking learners.
February 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reposted by Communication for Education
Today in Hell Yes, Research! and also Journalists, Take Note:

Autistic people in North America consistently prefer the term "autistic" compared to "person with autism"—and also dislike/don't use functioning labels like "high-" or "low-functioning autism."

www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/... #autism
Autism Terminology Preferences Among Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults in North America | Autism in Adulthood
Background: There is widespread debate about the language used to describe autistic people; many professionals prefer person-first language (e.g., “person with autism”), and many autistic people prefe...
www.liebertpub.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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"When you look like a typical person and speak like one too the world looks at you with more respect.

I might look typical at first glance and my mouth speaks words, but almost never the words that are in my mind.
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February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM