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AAC Counts! How many strong are we?

May 28, 2022 Communication FIRST

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Did you know that federal and state governments in the United States do not regularly count people with speech…

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The Nora Project: What Are School Shootings, How Do They Make Us Feel, and What Can We Do About Them? K-12 Easy-Read. Logos of CommunicationFIRST and Teaching is Intellectual and Autistic Self Advocacy Network

School Shootings Easy-Read Resource (Updated)

May 27, 2022 Communication FIRST

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We are devastated that there is a need for such a resource, but CommunicationFIRST is humbled to partner with…

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Thoughts from an Autistic AAC User After the April 2022 Meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

April 20, 2022 Communication FIRST

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Grant Blasko, a nonspeaking autistic augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) user and member of CommunicationFIRST’s Advisory Council, expressed the…

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Screenshot of Communication First Policy Director Bob Williams, an older white male wearing a pink button down shirt, giving remarks using his speech generating device, to the NIH IACC. A Zoom screen of IACC Coordinator Susan Daniels is also visible.

Bob Williams’s Invited Comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

April 14, 2022 Communication FIRST

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CommunicationFIRST was one of five entities and individuals invited to deliver three-minute “oral” public comments to the US Interagency…

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Screenshot of Jordyn Zimmerman giving remarks to the NIH IACC with her speech generating device on April 14, 2022. Jordyn is a white woman with long, wavy brown hair, and is wearing a black blazer.

Jordyn Zimmerman’s Remarks to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee 

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The following is the text of CommunicationFIRST Board Member Jordyn Zimmerman’s invited remarks to the US Interagency Autism Coordinating…

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"We are working way harder to be heard than we get credit for." - Grant Blasko. Image of a serious looking young white man with brown hair standing outside in front of a natural background. CommunicationFIRST logo at bottom

Autism Acceptance … of Communication Stress?

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Grant Blasko is a member of CommunicationFIRST’s Advisory Council. He is 19 years old, autistic, a full-time user of…

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Comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

April 11, 2022 Communication FIRST

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On April 14, 2022, from 1:00-5:00 pm Eastern US time, the US Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) will be…

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Lateef McLeod, a black man looking serious at the camera while sitting in what appears to be a wheelchair

Running From the Ecological Wave

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The poem “Running from the Ecological Wave” was written by CommunicationFIRST Board member Lateef McLeod, who lives in Oakland,…

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Section 504 Needs to be Strengthened

March 28, 2022 Communication FIRST

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High school picture of Bob Williams in 1977. On February 22, 2022, CommunicationFIRST was invited to provide comments at…

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