The DTA Blog

If you’ve ever thought, “I want to do AAC well… but the day is already on fire,” you’re not alone. The good news is that high-impact AAC support doesn’t require a separate “communication block.” It fits inside what you’re already doing.

Families and school teams work incredibly hard to support students who need AAC. Devices get ordered. Apps get installed. Vocabulary gets selected. And then real life happens.

This week, a new Barbie showed up with a detail that feels small until you sit with it: Barbie with Autism is holding an AAC device.

In the world of school-based AAC implementation, districts sometimes wrestle with the question:“Should we pick one AAC system for all of our students?”

One of the most overlooked—and most critically important—roles of AAC is its power to develop language, not merely replace speech.

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