10/08/2026
October is ✨ AAC Awareness Month ✨
AAC stands for "Augmentative and Alternative Communication" - a way of helping people communicate using any form of communication other than speech. AAC can include sign language, picture books, or a speech tablet.
AAC gives our patients the ability to share their wants, needs, feelings, thoughts, opinions, and personalities! Because communication is so much more than just talking. 💚
Here are a few things to know about AAC:
✔️ AAC can look different for everyone. 🤩
✔️ AAC can be a picture book or communication board 📖 or AAC can be a tablet or speech-generating device. 📱
✔️ AAC can be used as a temporary way to communicate or a long-term method of communications. 🗓️
✔️ Using AAC doesn't mean someone never uses spoken words - they can be used together! ✅
✔️ Most importantly, every person deserves to be able to communicate! 💙