AAC Club

Fall 2022 AAC Club Board Members

Alexis Brito—Treasurer (top left)

Maira Covarrubias—Membership (top right)

Nicolette Marsh—Vice President (center right)

Angelina Dohr—President (bottom right)

Alyssa Moody—Public Relations (bottom center)

Brianna Sanchez—Secretary (bottom left)

About the AAC Club

OUR MISSION: To serve as an avenue for students to learn about aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and to serve as a general information resource on AAC for the university and the local community.

The AAC Club was founded in the spring of 2021 by a group of Communication Sciences and Disorders majors who were passionate about learning how to serve individuals who relied on AAC for effective communication. The founding board, recognizing the continuing evolution, complexity, and importance of AAC was dissatisfied with the lack of exposure undergraduate students had to the field. Inspired by a desire to learn more, educate others, and support other AAC-related organizations the students founded the AAC Club with the help of Dr. Lisa Erwin-Davidson.

How to Get Involved

Thank you for your interest in the AAC Club! Contact aac.csufmembership@gmail.com for more information about how to get involved.

Communication Bill of Rights

All people with a disability of any extent or severity have a basic right to affect. Beyond this general right, a number of specific communication rights should be ensured in all daily interactions and interventions involving persons who have severe disabilities. To participate fully in communication interactions, each person has these fundamental communication rights:

1. The right to interact socially, maintain social closeness, and build relationships

2. The right to request desired objects, actions, events, and people

3. The right to refuse or reject undesired objects, actions, events, or choices

4. The right to express personal preferences and feelings

5. The right to make choices from meaningful alternatives

6. The right to make comments and share opinions

7. The right to ask for and give information, including information about changes in routine and environment

8. The right to be informed about people and events in one's life

9. The right to access interventions and supports that improve communication

10. The right to have communication acts acknowledged and responded to even when the desired outcome cannot be realized

11. The right to have access to functioning AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) and other AT (assistive technology) services and devices at all times

12. The right to access environmental contexts, interactions, and opportunities that promote participation as full communication partners with other people, including peers

13. The right to be treated with dignity and addressed with respect and courtesy

14. The right to be addressed directly and not be spoken for or talked about in the third person while present

15. The right to have clear, meaningful, and culturally and linguistically appropriate communications

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