Sunday, December 13, 2009

Welcome to the Midwest AAC User Support Group Blog

This blog is being created and maintained with the hope that AAC users and people who care for, are friends with, want to learn about, and professionals who support AAC users can support one another.

A group of people met on December 12, 2009 in Wichita, Kansas to begin the Midwest AAC User Support Group. There were approximately 12 people in attendance. Many ideas about the need and purpose of the group were shared and discussed. All AAC users who attended were taught how, and almost more importantly why, to create back-ups of their systems. The directions on how to do this for the Vantage and ECO systems from Prentke Romich Company, as well as, the Dynavox V and VMax from Mayer-Johnson Dynavox will be included in this blog soon.

It is hoped that this block will be a tool and resource for any person interested in AAC to help connect those who may be dealing with the same struggles or have the same questions. Stories of success, frustration, accomplishments, and defeats will be shared as they are made available.

The development of this support group is a process and all parties can contribute in their won special way.