Insights

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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There's a conversation going on about the Voice referendum

Talking about the Voice to Parliament

On October 14th, the people of Australia will vote in a referendum. The question on the ballot paper is: “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the...

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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...

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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...

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The Holy Grail of AAC services

Creating bespoke services for people with CCN by design rather than the NDIS price guide. Presented by Janelle Sampson at the AGOSCI National Conference in Hobart on September 4-6,...

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Using lists in PODD Communication Books

UPDATED September, 2023. This post is specifically about PODD (Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display) Communication Books (i.e. the non-electronic paper books) developed by Gayle Porter. Although other systems are also...

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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...

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What’s trending in AAC – Join the ‘Say “I love you” campaign’!

                Ok, so I think ‘more than 1’ could be described as a trend. Well at least that’s how it feels this week. As a result of this...