I love my aac board !

I am Aiden! I use this blog to help practice my AAC board (TD snap mainly. Sometimes TouchChat). They / it /ze. Autistic.

[aac-and-me]

Okay, I am writing my introduction post again Because I made my old one with LetMeTalk and I do not like that AAC a lot.

I am Aiden and I need to practice my AAC so I made this blog. AAC is also one of my special interests. I only use my aac board here. I am mostly verbal but I often prefer AAC. And most day I find mouth words a bit difficult or shaky at some point

I use TD Snap most. Please feel free to ask questions!

[aac-and-me]

Wow! A lot has changed in my life since I have been active on this blog. I now use a pageset inspired by Petrichor Pageset - Public v2 by Petrichor on pageset central, I started university - I'm studying special educational needs and disability - I got engaged and I am now Pagan which is also my biggest special interest at the moment. I have also been told that I have FND which explains some of my speaking difficulties but I am on medication which helps so now I have moved out and live with my fiancée!

This is my home page!

[aac-and-me]

How do you afford TD snap 😭

I got it before it became pay every month! so it was only 50 pound 1 time. disability support payments paid

[anautistic]

Low tech AAC print outs from SmartBox. (developers of Grid)

[aac-and-me]

I can write really fast with my AAC because it is a good AAC! ! ! I have used it a lot more lately

[aac-and-me]

Know have lots asks didn't reply to.... feel little bit overwhelmed with them all. Sorry

[pumpkinspicedmochi]

I wish discord emoji makers people made aac "core" word icons and just icons for aac in general ..it would be cool to upgrade coughdrop to have cool/cute new emojis but words like "I" , "am" etc aren't really made , emotions are really..

I mean setting up the app is really overwhelming for me anyway ..option still nice ..maybe to do it little bit by little until eventually done if those emojis existed that is..

[gwydion-aacblog]

true . there is not really choice for pronoun pictures , like say . if wear or best recognise specific culture or religion clothes ... not have choices to change . 

in proloquo2go , sometimes will find pictures like this orthodox jewish girls picture : 

but really not all that often , and still not have pronoun pictures with different hair or any head wear , and only get in different skin colours if change that for all pictures :

same pronouns ( i , we , you , she , he ) , and same pictures , only thing different is skin . not even hair possible change , for different textures or length , just one hair for all .

of course understand that more pictures make more work for people , and to change skin colour more specifically or add different hair might be too much to do ( in pictures for symbolstix , and in code for proloquo2go ) that not see worth time . plus , more pictures and more choices , more possible user overwhelm .

but ... people in community not have this limit . anyone with even small art skill could make pronoun pictures like these with different choices , so that " you " can have people both look different , or " she " wear head scarf . 

another way could use custom pictures is to colour code different but very similar buttons so that not confuse . these ordinal numbers , first through fifth , might be OK if can see arrow and numbers well : 

but some people might still not be able . in that situation , maybe would want for arrow to also highlight that box green , like this :

and could give more variation in art for something like rain clothes that might actually have in real life with different colour , so will better recognise picture with that colour , rather than yellow like how all pictures show . 

still think if people did more like this , would prefer not see in nonverbal or AAC user tags , because flood pictures like that make very very hard find talk and information . but , would not be oppose to someone make blog where collect these things , and tag that once or twice so people see and can start link . ( maybe even would do that for self , if think can keep up . )

[aac-and-me]

TD snap has lots different people symbols! All different hair and skin colours, hijab, bindi, hair styles, ages, all sorts! So definitely possible for apps to do. Will add photo later. But yeah agree more apps need more stuff. And also agree shouldn't flood tags.

[zebulontheplanet]

Trying out new voices on Proloquo! If you use a app that has the acappella voices, tell me what voice you use! I wanna test them all out haha

[aac-and-me]

We use olivia! Like it because we are British but not posh voice so olivia sounds a lot like our mouth voice and family voice even though it is Australian

[aac-and-me]

heya! i wanted to ask if you know about aac in other languages? namely spanish, but english aac is ok too

i can speak 99% of the time, havent been in situation stressful enough to lose words (and i mask. a lot) so it would be mostly for personal use (i like writing things in phone notes..) already write similar to it sometimes, i feel like i would really vibe with aac :0

sorry if it sounds disrespectful or. like trying to appropiate. im just curious and would like to learn about and see if it could be useful for me

have a great timezone !

Don't worry, not disrespectful at all! AAC is for anyone and everyone. I don't know lot about AAC not English but this spreadsheet is very good and has that information!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-r14wnj9DIrQSixO1wQAltoqlRXlwR1UzJt2D74XcXo/edit?usp=drivesdk

[aac-and-me]

I am packing my suitcase to go on holiday! I am so very excited to go! ! ! I am going to go to Portugal!

[aster-is-confused]

hey fellow autistics with lower support needs! this disability pride month, and all year round, make sure to listen to and uplift voices of those with higher support needs than your own. uplift the voices of autistics who are nonverbal/semiverbal (permanently, like those words are supposed to mean), use AAC, need help with daily tasks, need full time supervision, and have intellectual disabilities and/or learning disabilities. here's a few medium/high support needs creators that i follow, but there's plenty more out there! feel free to add on to this list

@autisticspirit

@pumpkinspicedmochi

@five-thousand-loaves-of-bread

@nonspeakers-r-us

@nonspeakingkiku

@stealingfromwoolworths

@birdofmay

@clownpuppysposts

@perplexingluciddreams

@plural-autism

@gwydion-aacblog

@lunabrainbad

@spectrum

@frog-sorta-speaks

@autisticbulbasaur

@nonverbal-emojis-for-aac

@zebulontheplanet

@starcatcheryips

@stars-autism-world

@neuro-cookie

@aac-and-me

and while you're at it, please consider not using nonverbal/semiverbal/nonspeaking for temporary speech loss. there's a lot of posts from nonverbal autistics that explain the issues better than i could, and i'll link a few below. but it boils down to the fundamentally different experiences of being full-time nonverbal/semiverbal/nonspeaking versus permanently losing speech, and how those who are nonverbal deserve their own words and spaces to discuss their experiences. i recently stopped using "nonverbal" to describe my speech loss episodes and it was not difficult, seriously. now i typically instead use things like "lost speech" "talking hard" "words hard/bad" and "can't talk right now."

transcript: my frustration with “going nonverbal/nonspeaking” (as a fully nonverbal person) this written for instagram because of this post

because nonverbal people like gwydion tired get run out and talk over in communities where should belong , by people who think understand an

[aac-and-me]

Hi! Am not actually high/ medium support needs. AAC user yes but not HSN MSN. Not always use AAC either. Part time user. Maybe I need to make this more clear in bio, Sorry if am confusing. Identify between LSN and MSN

[eepylittlebunny-deactivated2023]

Got TD Snap for AAC on iPad ! Decided worth it for try out symbol based . Any TD Snap user who would be willing answer questions ? Try looking up answers but still am confused how do certain things .

[aac-and-me]

Can help if you need!

[gwydion-aacblog]

I want to make a comic character who uses AAC, but I'm wondering what the best way to represent this is and would be grateful for your advice.

I want to show that in reality, it takes time to respond with AAC, and that is not a bad thing. would it be okay to use a visual pause sometimes, like an extra comic panel showing the character as they type (but not showing their screen) before they respond? other characters would wait patiently.

thank you so much!

think about this and not really know because not read comics . sorry .

[quaking-cabinet]

We've always really liked this comic.

[Image description: a 5 panel comic showing an AAC user on a date. In the first panel, they are sitting at a table. The next panel shows the AAC user saying "I'm glad we're on the same page about STI testing." In the third panel, the AAC user is composing a message while their partner watches eagerly. The next panel shows the AAC user turn their device around and their partner's face lights up with excitement. In the final panel, they kiss with the device covering their faces. The message bar reads "Let's go somewhere more comfortable." End ID]

In particular, we like that the partner is shown waiting patiently for the AAC user, since using AAC takes longer than mouth words. We also like that they are adults, and are shown in adult situations, having partners, etc. I like how "normally" it's presented, it's just day to day life.

[aac-and-me]

Think this was by Jennifer Hyles (drawntoaac)!

[autismsharkstuff]

making AAC folder, help need ideas

Image ID:

[START: A Coughdrop folder titled "AAC". In it there are 3 buttons. The first is PEC (PEC Cards) the 2nd is Comm. (communication cards) and the third is TTS (Text To Speech) :END]

[aac-and-me]

My boards td snap

[aac-and-me]

I'm going go to convention tomorrow!I feel very excited and I have yellow guy costume I make with family. I'm going with my friend and twin.

[aac-and-me]

I want want want TouchChat voice so bad but way too expensive don't like that AAC is expensive

[aac-and-me]

Word in my head are confusing today not grammar when I try write not know why