💡 Communication Board
A communication board (AAC) gives a voice to people who can't rely on speech, including many non-verbal and autistic children and adults.
Free, Followers, Top Fans, Subscribers and Paid. One email, one account.
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My aim is to make this available to every individual. I wish I could make everything free, but servers and other resources are costly and are paid for monthly or yearly. Subscriptions and Paid plans also have deductions, such as Facebook's share and taxes, so not all of it comes to me.
Thank you for your love and support! Every follow, share and subscription helps keep Communication Board running, so more children and adults can be heard.
Everyone deserves a way to be heard. Here is what a picture board can do.
Say what they want, need and feel today, without waiting for speech to come.
When someone can be understood, they have less need to show it through crying, hitting or meltdowns.
Research shows AAC does not hold back speech. Some people start saying more words while using it.
Seeing and hearing each word together helps it make sense, and tapping "I" + "want" + "drink" grows sentences.
Many autistic people understand what they see more easily than what they hear. Pictures stay on the screen; spoken words don't.
Choose food, play and clothes, ask for help, and say "no" or "stop" on their own.
Each picture always looks and sounds the same, which is calm and predictable.
Greet friends, take turns, answer at school and share feelings, so they can be part of the conversation.
Children, teens and adults who cannot speak, speak only a little, or are hard to understand can all use it.
Use it on a phone, tablet or computer, at home, at school and on the go, so their voice goes where they go.
Small habits that make the board work.
Tap the pictures yourself while you talk ("Let's eat"). This is the best way to teach the board.
The board is their voice, so keep it within reach all day, not only at "practice" time.
Give time to find the picture. Count to ten in your head before helping.
If they tap "play", respond as if they said it, even when it wasn't what you expected.
Add photos of family and their favorite foods and toys with ➕ Add, and star the words they use most.
Don't use the board as a reward or punishment. It is never something to earn.
