This page shares articles written by AAC users, their families and friends, and AAC professionals.
Gavin Clifton introduces Conversation Starters with thoughts on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Augmentative and Assistive Communication (AAC).
Articles written for Conversation Starters might be inspired by personal experiences, explore best practice in research and education or dig into technical and ethical topics. Invitations to submit articles will be discussed at the next Research Matters Online Meeting on 16 October 2026.
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Nobody tells you a conversation has a timer on it.
You come to learn that while you’re still building a sentence, the room has moved three topics on. By the time your words are formed and ready, the exact moment they belonged to has gone. Not because you had nothing to say, but because the conversation didn’t wait…
