@CommunicationFIRST

CommunicationFIRST has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in July 2021. The social media accounts linked to from CommunicationFIRST are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • Threads • X • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, CommunicationFIRST has populated their site with: • HCBS Impacts Tracker Project • Advancing Rights-Based Inclusion for People Who Need & Use AAC • Call to Action on Medicaid Work Requirements Interim Final Rule • 1st In, Last Out: What to Know & Why to Care About Olmstead & the DOJ Memo • Jordyn Zimmerman Shirt • How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 • Special Issue of the AAC Journal (2025) in Plain Language • Aphasia and AI Survey • The Ride Ahead Screening • June 26 Policy Advocacy 101 Webinar for AAC Users and Allies - Registration • "Designed Dignity" Guest Blog by Hari Srinivasan • Vote for your top 5 favorite CommunicationFIRST resources • The Ride Ahead - DC/DOX • Communication Rights Gear • Subscribe to CommunicationFIRST's Newsletter • Meet Our New Treasurer, Shubha Balabaer • All Our Voices: Showcasing the Diversity of AAC • AAC Users in Higher Ed • Interview with Ren Koloni on Graduate School • LISTEN Film • 2026 CommunicationFIRST Board of Directors - Treasurer • Alice Wong Celebration of Life • Healthier Together Conference & Our Own Sam Crane • Medicaid 1115 Waiver Advocacy Toolkit • OSERS: Don’t Weaken Oversight of Equity in Special Education • DISABILITY ELDERS: An Interview with Bob Williams • Q&A: Employment Experiences of People with Speech Disabilities • Combatting Restraint & Seclusion: Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA) • Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman's testimony about ICE • New editor brings insight to find, fill disability content gaps • Medicaid: The Quiet Force Behind My Independence • Policy Advocacy 101 for AAC Users and Allies • AAC Research Summit: Select AAC Users on Research Priorities • Devva’s Room • Sign up here to receive AAC research opportunities • End-of-Year Donations to CommunicationFIRST • Judy Heumann in Bob Williams' See Us, Hear Us Film • AAC Training • Giving Tuesday • Jordyn Shirt: Speech does not make someone more human • Alice Called for “Change for Us by Us” • CommunicationFIRST's Sam Crane • Bob Williams' Retirement • Webinar: Bob Williams & Forest Haven Survivors Ricardo & Donna Thornton • 40 Big Ideas Issue of "Impact:" Jordyn Zimmerman • What do you know about AI? Survey • “Voice” Transcript of Segments Featuring Alice Wong • "Voice" Episode from Radiolab • Donate • Community Survey on Blue Envelope Programs • "We Take Care of Our Own:" Protecting Medicaid • AAC Users on the Future of AAC Research • Completing a Ph.D. About AAC as an AAC User • Forest Haven Webinar with Survivors Donna and Ricardo Thornton, Bob Williams, and Rebecca Salon • Connect with Us on AAC Research! • 13 AAC Users: Priorities for Future Research Film • Research Priorities of AAC Users • Research Plain Language Guide • CommunicationFIRST Statement Opposing Attack on the Administration on Community Living • Virginia Legislature To Require AAC Training in Schools • Advocating for Policy Change Toolkit • About Us | CommunicationFIRST • Bob Williams: Linguistic Competence • Nothing About Us Without Us Awardee Remarks • What Would You Do Without Your Aide? • Devva Kasnitz (1950-2025) • My Voice Wasn't Coming Back • Can Being Denied AAC Cause Lifelong Trauma? • Tim Jin on Embracing Change in AAC Technology • Bob Williams on the Power of Free Speech • The Judith Campaign - Bob Williams' Story • Communicating in Times of Stress Resource • “How Ableism Impacts People Who Use AAC” - Lateef McLeod • CommunicationFIRST: Speaking up for Access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication • Alice Wong - AAC Research Summit Remarks: "How Ableism Impacts People Who Need and Use AAC" • Connecting on AAC Research Opportunities • Top 5 Favorite Resources by CommunicationFIRST • Alice Wong: First AAC User to Win a MacArthur "Genius" Grant • Voting To Make Your Voice Heard • Best Practices for Online Meetings with AAC Users • Bob Williams on Literacy and AAC Blog Post • A.L.S. Stole His Voice. A.I. Retrieved It. • "See Us. Hear Us." Film Series • New Film, 13 AAC Users: Priorities for Future Research • Technology for Equitable Communication: AAC Users Weigh In • 13 AAC Users: Priorities for Future Research Blog Post • See us. Hear us. - Bob Williams (Spanish subtitles) • NBC: Bilingual AI brain implant helps stroke survivor communicate in Spanish and English • AP News: Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone • 19th News: Her speech using a voice app made history in Congress — and sparked a larger disability conversation • CBS: Nonspeaking autistic woman embarks on journey to advocate for disability rights • LISTEN film resources and toolkit • The Census Bureau Needs to Start Counting Us | CommunicationFIRST • Get your CommunicationFirst t-shirts! • Unjustly isolated, silenced, and deprived of literacy and freedom of expression … • The Words We Use • When Agencies Listen • AUCD Leadership Award • Bob Williams Eulogy for Judy Heumann • "All Voices Matter" - Remembering Judy Heumann (1947 - 2023) • 2nd Annual Anthem Award for See Us Hear Us Project • Police Brutality: A (Speech) Disability Concern • See Us. Hear Us. • So Much • What is Speechism? • SLPs as AAC Gatekeepers • Brain to Text Technology?¿Tecnología de Cerebro a Texto? • PRESS RELEASE: Run for Office with a Speech Disability? • Running for Office with a Speech Disability • CommunicationFIRST Urges HHS to Strengthen Communication Regulations for People Who Need AAC • How do you celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? How we communicate our culture • Voting Toolkit for AAC Users • Our YouTube Channel • Easy-Read Resource on School Shootings • This Is Not About Me documentary • CommunicationFIRST Website • Tim Jin & Melissa Crisp-Cooper ADA Story Part 1