So Much February 14, 2023 Communication FIRST Listen I hear their painful cries jut up from cracks on the street. The block is a scorching frying pan, frying my brothers on the pavement. Continue Reading
What is Speechism? December 16, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen A Working Definition and Request for Input For centuries, people with significant speech disabilities have been treated as if… Continue Reading
SLPs as AAC Gatekeepers December 12, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Guest blog by Jordyn Zimmerman, M.Ed. On November 18, 2022, CommunicationFIRST Board Chair Jordyn Zimmerman gave an invited presentation… Continue Reading
Kids Need to Be Able to Communicate with their Doctors November 23, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Bob Williams Testimony on behalf of CommunicationFIRST on the Rights of Children and Youth to Effective Communication and Quality Health… Continue Reading
Run for Office with a Speech Disability? November 4, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CommunicationFIRST joins other disability rights advocates to express dismay at the public and media response to… Continue Reading
CommunicationFIRST Urges HHS to Strengthen Communication Regulations for People Who Need AAC October 5, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen On October 3, 2022, CommunicationFIRST submitted comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its… Continue Reading
Brain to Text Technology?¿Tecnología de Cerebro a Texto? September 27, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen (Leer en español abajo) In this open-captioned, ASL-interpreted webinar, which originally aired live on October 19, 2022, you’ll hear… Continue Reading
How Do You Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? September 26, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Leer en español How we Communicate our Culture September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a… Continue Reading
¿Cómo Celebras el Mes de la Herencia Hispana? Communication FIRST Listen Read in English Como Comunicamos Nuestra Cultura Del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre es el Mes Nacional… Continue Reading
Voting To Make Your Voice Heard September 12, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen CommunicationFIRST Celebrates Disability Voting Rights Week with REV UP “Vote as if your life depends on it … because… Continue Reading
We Are Growing! ¡Estamos creciendo! August 4, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Leer en español Please join us in welcoming our new Chair and Program Associates We are pleased to announce… Continue Reading
What Does Gender Have To Do with Presuming Competence? June 30, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Guest Blog by Tuttleturtle I am an AAC user. I am also queer and trans. My AAC is part… Continue Reading
We are hiring! June 3, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Thanks to a generous two-year grant from the Ford Foundation, we are looking to expand our team and advance… Continue Reading
AAC Counts! How many strong are we? May 28, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen Did you know that federal and state governments in the United States do not regularly count people with speech… Continue Reading
School Shootings Easy-Read Resource (Updated) May 27, 2022 Communication FIRST Listen We are devastated that there is a need for such a resource, but CommunicationFIRST is humbled to partner with… Continue Reading