by commrights | Mar 6, 2019 | Communication Devices, News
Dr Marg Camilleri has released the findings of her research project, titled ‘Hear Us: The experiences of persons with Complex Communication Needs in accessing justice’. The main aims of this research were to better understand, and to make visible, the...
by commrights | Mar 4, 2019 | Education, Tim Chan
The new Uni semester has started. As an autie, with difficulty in engaging in new situations and meeting new people, it is good to get Week 1 over and done with. My greatest fear, that I would become so overloaded as to be unable to function, has been put to rest....
by commrights | Jan 11, 2019 | Education, Tim Chan
Another year has come and gone, time for taking stock and New Year resolutions, evaluation of the past year and a chance to make decisions to do better. With the passage of time and with it the experiences in the past 12 months, I have also learned and changed. It...
by commrights | Jan 4, 2019 | Education, Tim Chan
This was written by Tim Chan in 2012 and is being published with his consent. My name is Tim Chan, I am 17 years old with a Chinese Australian background. I like books, swimming, cycling, and roller-blading. I have moderately severe autism. I don’t have...
by commrights | Dec 17, 2018 | Education, Tim Chan
Christmas is a difficult time for me. As others become excited and engrossed with preparing to celebrate this special day, I am once again reminded of my differences and my inability to navigate life on my own steam. Life has left me behind as people get caught up...
by commrights | Dec 12, 2018 | Education, Tim Chan
I just returned from Uluru after a 6 day trip, our first to Central Australia. I can now see why the iconic monolith has such drawing power. It came into view when we first drove to the National Park and the sight of it, standing under the sunset sky, red sky, red...
by commrights | Nov 16, 2018 | Education, Tim Chan
With around 14 years of AAC use since I picked up partner assisted typing at the age of 9, I wish to share some of my hard earned strategies. Students using AAC like me are visual thinkers, and there are times in a busy environment like classrooms that we will feel...
by commrights | Nov 13, 2018 | Education
With only 6 weeks – yep SIX weeks ‘til Santa comes a’sliding down the chimneys of kids all around the world – it’s time to prep for classroom (madness?) Christmas activities! Do you have a favourite go-to activity? (If so, please email us, we’d love to know!). If...
by commrights | Nov 2, 2018 | Education, Tim Chan
I love to write, writing gives me a voice to reach out to the world. Without speech since a toddler, I was encased by my silence because I was unable to talk. I will never forget the first time I learned to type with support. I was nine years old, in Grade 3, and went...
by commrights | Oct 1, 2018 | News
October is #AACAWARENESSMONTH! Started by ISAAC (International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication) in 2007, AAC Awareness Month runs throughout October each year and is celebrated by numerous countries around the world. The goal is to raise...
