Bob Williams delivering a eulogy at Judy Heumann’s memorial service at the Adas Israel Congregation synagogue in Washington, DC, on…
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.
A Working Definition and Request for Input For centuries, people with significant speech disabilities have been treated as if we…
Guest blog by Jordyn Zimmerman, M.Ed. On November 18, 2022, CommunicationFIRST Board Chair Jordyn Zimmerman gave an invited presentation at…
Bob Williams Testimony on behalf of CommunicationFIRST on the Rights of Children and Youth to Effective Communication and Quality Health Care…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CommunicationFIRST joins other disability rights advocates to express dismay at the public and media response to a…
On October 3, 2022, CommunicationFIRST submitted comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its proposed…
(Leer en español abajo) In this open-captioned, ASL-interpreted webinar, which originally aired live on October 19, 2022, you’ll hear from…
Leer en español How we Communicate our Culture September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a month-long…
Read in English Como Comunicamos Nuestra Cultura Del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre es el Mes Nacional de…
Leer en español Please join us in welcoming our new Chair and Program Associates We are pleased to announce that,…
Guest Blog by Tuttleturtle I am an AAC user. I am also queer and trans. My AAC is part of…
Thanks to a generous two-year grant from the Ford Foundation, we are looking to expand our team and advance our…
Did you know that federal and state governments in the United States do not regularly count people with speech disabilities,…
We are devastated that there is a need for such a resource, but CommunicationFIRST is humbled to partner with The…