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URL:https://staging.dscc.uic.edu/events/webinar-beyond-one-size-fits-all-h
 onoring-identity-in-aac-design-with-ai-innovation-preview/
SUMMARY:Webinar - "Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Honoring Identity in AAC Desig
 n (with AI Innovation Preview)"
DESCRIPTION:A free webinar on using new options to personalize augmentative
  and alternative communication (AAC) systems to better reflect users' comp
 lete identities\n\nJoin Infinitec (Infinite Potential Through Technology) 
 for "Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Honoring Identity in AAC Design" on March 2
 1 from 12 to 3 p.m.\n\nInfinitec is the assistive technology program of UC
 P Seguin of Greater Chicago. The program uses technology to help advance i
 ndependence and promote inclusive opportunities for children and adults wi
 th disabilities.\n\nPresenter Lauren Enders Gonzales\, MA\, CCC-SLP\, will
  discuss the importance of customizing augmentative and alternative commun
 ication (AAC) systems to honor users' complete identities. She will provid
 e case studies and collaborative activities to help participants:\n\n 	Sup
 port autonomy and authentic expression\n 	Discover and include key persona
 l\, linguistic\, cultural\, spiritual and social aspects of personalizatio
 n\n 	Explore practical strategies for identifying changes and personalizin
 g the user's AAC system\n\nThe session will wrap up with an exciting previ
 ew of how AI innovations are revolutionizing personalization possibilities
  for AAC design and implementation.\n\nRegister online for "Beyond One-Siz
 e-Fits-All: Honoring Identity in AAC Design."\n\nParticipants will receive
  a Zoom link after registration. You must sign up to attend.\n\nFor more i
 nformation\, email info@fmptic.org.
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