Communication Tools/AAC

Date: September 11, 2025 Topic: Connecting Online: Social Media as a Tool for People with Aphasia Experts: Dr Megan Trebilcock, Dr Melissa (Liss) Brunner, Josh Espinosa, Jennifer Le Description: The National

Date: May 8, 2025 Topic: AI and Aphasia Experts: Dr. John Pierce and Bryn Bowles, CCRN Description: Our May 2025 “Ask the Expert” webinar featured Dr. John Pierce and Bryn Bowles,

Wallet cards for self-advocacy in various community settings and situations (e.g., restaurants, ride shares, pharmacy, friends/family). About the creators of the Situational Wallet Cards: Bryn Lander was living and working

Samantha Hyman is the president of Talking Keyboards, a screen-free, plug-and-play AAC device that lets people with aphasia type and be heard instantly (letters/words are spoken aloud in real time).

Publisher: Aphasia Institute (Canada) Summary: ParticiPics is a free, searchable database of pictographic images designed to facilitate life’s conversations. The pictographs are specially designed for communicating with people with aphasia

Publisher: Aphasia Institute (Canada) Summary: PictoRing is a time-saving, portable, laminated easy-access pictographic resource to support common conversation topics between Speech Language Pathologists and stroke patients with aphasia. The Aphasia Institute

Publisher: Aphasia Institute (Canada) Summary: The Talking About Series is a booklet of pictographic resources to support healthcare conversations, with topic-based conversation support to facilitate patient education for people with

Publisher: Aphasia Institute (Canada) Summary: The Aphasia Institute offers a variety of thoughtfully designed pictographic tools to support communication and practice at home or in therapy. Developed using the Supported

Publisher: Oxford University Press Summary: The Oxford Picture Dictionary is a richly illustrated, theme-based vocabulary book that supports visual learning. Widely used by educators, speech-language pathologists, and families, it’s especially

Summary: A membership-based web app offering treatments and resources for medical speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and their patients. It provides access to a variety of therapy materials and tools. Features: Designed