This is AAC Joy!

A.A.C. stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and is any communication method that doesn't involve verbal speech. There are high (speech-generating devices), mid (LCD tablets), low (communication cards), and no (gesturing) tech A.A.C.

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This blog is dedicated to posting and reblogging positive moments with AAC!

Please feel free to tag us @this-is-aac-joy or send an ask so we can spread the happiness

All AAC types are welcome, no matter what - whether you're a part-time/full-time AAC user, whether you use high/mid/low/no tech AAC, anything!

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Disclaimer : Mod is a part-time AAC user due to speech/thought difficulties caused by schizophrenia. Please be patient with it.

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Best friend helping add words onto aac device

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aac joy is rocky!! like how rocky speak and rocky tone and inflection and how emphasise by repeats words and sounds like aac!! like how rocky accepted and listen to and not patronise or told "speak correctly" and like how rocky rocky self :DD

want speak like rocky!! like how rocky accepted!! likes aac more :DD personal communication feels valid and worth using :))

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it’s just generally so fun to set up and use my aac as much as it can feel tedious, annoying, too slow, etc. i find it very enjoyable and comfortable. idk i know this is kind of nothingburger to say but it really does make me happy when i’m able to use it :)

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getting to add goofy jokes in as phrases, especially with custom audio (i'm adding a quote from Never Stop Blowing Up where Jacob says "Awesome, I cast fireball" [note: they explicitly were not playing a game where he could cast fireball]) :3

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high-tech no-income AAC joy is finally finding an app that meets all of your needs! (me personally: FREE, grid based, many options for button colors, no built-in limits on buttons or categories (that i've found/heard of lol), ability to choose different voices, custom audio for buttons, buttons can have multiple different phrases contained within (eg, on my "waffles" button in my food category, the second option is "Firestar doesn't like waffles" because it makes me giggle, and full pronoun sets (she/her, he/him, etc) are on one button rather than each individual pronoun being their own button), AVAILABLE ON ANDROID!!! (<- android only user), the customization is super easy (someone once recommended weavechat to me and i swear i tried like 5 different times including with help from friends in-person and i just could Not wrap my head around the customization, otherwise it would have been just about perfect, i need things Simple) etc etc)

there's so few good quality options out there for us and i am simply so relieved to have found one that works for me :')

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AAC joy is finding a lot (like a lot a lot) of different AAC techniques and trying them all.

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AAC joy is when your boyfriend who's also autistic starts using AAC (specifically text to speech, as it is easier for him to understand) because you encourage him by using your own AAC machine!

–🌞 (new anon! yeepee!!!!)

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