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Whenever we can, we will share insights with you that give further detail about the work that we do, current trends, or things we have learnt that we think will be useful to you all. It is certainly not our whole story, but lots of little snippets of it! We hope you enjoy reading our insights.

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Videos of young AAC communicators

We were thrilled to collaborate with Positive Partnerships to create a series of videos showing young people with complex communication needs using their AAC...

How to set goals and prepare for NDIS Participant Check-In

Recent changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are aiming to make things easier for participants. With these changes, come differences to the systems we’re all accustomed to....

Opportunity

In 2020, Two Way Street client Reagan started a small courier business. Affectionately known as ‘Ray’ amongst friends and family, Reagan’s business was cleverly named ‘DeliveRay’. Reagan is a...

Connection

As it’s AAC Awareness month, we thought it was time for me to take a wander down and revise “Word on the Street”. My word is “Connection” I thought...

Belonging

A sense of belonging is at the heart of inclusion. At Two Way Street, we believe this to be true. Inclusion is about more than a place, about more...

The Autonomy Bucket Challenge

Let’s find more of those autonomy marbles… The Merriam Webster Online Dictionary defines autonomy as: the state of existing or acting separately from others. Autonomy is one of the...

Young boy standing in front of the playground board

Don’t forget to play! Inclusive Playgrounds for AAC

It is great to see that more community places are coming on board with AAC and accessible communication. Maybe you’ve seen some of those cool communication boards in your...

Washing hands – our new favourite pastime!

So that everyone can participate, we’ve made an aided language display to go with our now most frequent daily activity. You can download it for free at the end...

COVID-19 Coronavirus aided language display

Talking to kids about COVID-19

“Kids worry more when they’re kept in the dark” Rachel Ehmke, Child Mind Institute This blog post was written in March 2020. With the outbreak and ongoing uncertainty of...

Back to school – talking makes transitions easier.

Last year (or was it the year before), I posted some ‘conversation placemats’ to encourage conversations about starting back at school. It’s been on my mind again lately as...