A groundbreaking children’s television show is set to introduce a new character who is largely non-speaking and communicates with the help of a special speech tablet. “Carl the Collector,” which made ...

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed augmentative and alternative communication technologies. In a clinical report out this ...

Carlos, a six-year-old Hispanic American diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is primarily non-verbal. At age two, he was removed from his home due to abuse and neglect. Carlos and his four ...

Variety of Pittsburgh gave out its 4,000th communication device to kids with disabilities on Wednesday. The special ceremony in Berwick, near Wilkes-Barre, featured kids showing off the adaptive bikes ...

Talking iPads and the partial promise of voice : what is voice? -- Making a case for iPad cases : what is a mobile communication device? -- The "fun iPad" and the "communication iPad" : what is an ...

Few people think about disability until it happens to them or someone they love. Now, a new book by an expert in health communication is challenging scholars to rethink how they consider disability in ...