1. Research Opportunity: Reported Use and Confidence of AAC Users with MND to Access Social Media 2. Vacancy: Assistive Technology Technician 3. Upcoming Webinar: ‘Developing Language with LAMP’ 4. Opportunity to become a Speech Bubbles Trustee News from Communication Matters: 5. CM AAC User Focus Group – Next Meeting 26th January 6. CM2022 International AAC […]
Monday 28th March 2022 11:00-16:00 The Edge Exhibition Centre, Willow Terrace Road, Leeds, LS2 9JT Communication Matters is pleased to announce the opportunity to meet in person suppliers of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) products and related services. The world of AAC is constantly changing – new software and technology, new strategies, new evidence about […]
The group acts as a focus group for Communication Matters (CM) and is a vehicle to hear the views of AAC users on CM and its activities and actions. This group is also undertaking some work on behalf of CM led by AAC users, for example, fundraising activities. This group is more suited for older […]
It may have been a strange year, but we still have reasons to celebrate! We are delighted to be able to open nominations for the AAC Awards 2021. They will be held remotely on the evening of Friday 17th September 2021 to close our virtual Communication Matters AAC Conference and hope to bring together all […]
The time has come again to request nominations for Trustees to serve a term in the life of Communication Matters. The role of a Trustee demands stamina, commitment and a good skill mix, but it’s also stimulating, enlightening and very rewarding! This year there will be a handful of vacant places to be filled and […]
“During the global COVID pandemic, from May to October 2020, whilst in the national lockdown, I completed the NCFE Level 2 in Employability Skills. The funding for this course came from the National Lottery, and was given to Communication Matters. Creativity in Practice delivered the Employability Skills training. Communication Matters is a UK-wide organisation that […]
Today we should have been celebrating our second AAC Awards ceremony! Whilst we are sad that this event can’t happen due to the pandemic, we are very excited to announce that we will be able to hold a special compact AAC Awards event virtually at the end of the CM2021 Conference on the evening of […]
A free to use, easy read consent form, for service users to consent to pictures, videos and audio recordings of themselves. It’s simple to use, with space to tweak and personalise with headers and logos to individual services. This was a popular topic on the Communication Matters AAC Forum in January 2021, with particular reference […]
You may have heard of The 2.6 Challenge which took place on 26th April 2020 instead of the London Marathon. Supporters were encouraged to take up the 2.6 Challenge and do any activity relating to a 2 and a 6 or 26. For example, running 2.6 miles or flipping 26 pancakes in a row! We […]
You are invited to contribute to the Communication Matters 2021 International AAC Conference. The CM2021 conference will take place virtually from Monday 13th – Friday 17th September 2021. We are still accepting abstracts in the usual way and would be delighted to receive them! We have based our topic areas on the three aspects of […]
The CM Sessions were a great month of virtual presentations raising awareness of AAC and included a real mix of academic and social sessions. The AAC supplier companies who took part in The CM Sessions have kindly agreed to make their presentations publicly available. We are pleased to announce that these are now freely available […]
On 12th November, Communication Matters, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and partner organisations launched the Communication Access Symbol and e-learning for businesses. This will improve support for 14-million people in the UK with communication difficulties. To find out more, follow this link: www.communication-access.co.uk and look out for social media updates via the […]
