AAC Speech Solutions

08/06/2026

Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD)
📕 or…”these pictures are my voice 👄” is such a powerful and integral way for many of our clients to daily ☀️ 🎤 communicate and "SPEAK" with their family, friends and community. Exciting that our newest Speechy can now officially prescribe and implement these life changing tools 🧰 📖.

03/06/2026

If any AAC user over the age of 18 can help out to please fill in this survey, thank you - it all helps us to create an evidence of what everyone really needs.

11/05/2026

It's a little late due to technical issues....On behalf of Key Word Sign Australia...

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums, mother‑figures, carers, and nurturers who hold our communities together.
Today we celebrate your strength, your care, your humour, and the countless unseen things you do every day.

Visit our website to access our free Mother's Day resources!
https://kwsa.org.au/resources/topic/mothers-day/?category=signs-of-interest

27/02/2026

AAC and literacy - siblings as we take the journey together!

26/02/2026

Hello friends and clients, we feel sad to let you know that our long time SLP Bek is going to transfer to another SLP pathway, finishing up in a few weeks time, so all the best to her.

But in the meantime a search begins for a replacement, so please share this role with your networks.

https://www.seek.com.au/job/90601818?ref=hirer-success-posting&_gl=1*137rhfd*_gcl_au*OTY2NjI5NDQ2LjE3NzIxNDU0MjcuOTE3MDMwODgzLjE3NzIxNDU1NzAuMTc3MjE0NzA1Mw..*_ga*NjAyNzkwMTkyLjE3NTc5OTc0NDY.*_ga_JYC9JXRYWC*czE3NzIxNDU0MjckbzE0JGcxJHQxNzcyMTQ3MDUyJGo2MCRsMCRoMA..

16/02/2026

Enjoying a break at our recent Team Development day! We watched some of the ISAAC online conference, learnt about Gestalt Language Processors, did Key Word Sign practice, and learnt about Mind Express board making software!

12/02/2026

For our favourite physio, please help if you can!

02/02/2026

We warmly welcome our newest Speech Pathologist to the AAC Speech team, Simone Wielenga. She comes with a heart full of AAC passion, a solid early career grounding, and is keen to start meeting our families/clients. Say hello to her when you are next in the office. And it was her birthday last week, so we got to eat cake already!

29/11/2025

New research shows the NDIS may be easing pressure on the health system - shifting nearly $27 million a year in mental health costs alone.

The study looked at how people use health services after joining the NDIS. It found participants used fewer Medicare-funded mental health and allied health services, likely because their NDIS plans were covering them instead.

This is a reminder: the NDIS isn’t just a cost. It’s an investment - in people, in community, and in reducing pressure elsewhere.

As governments debate the future of the NDIS, evidence like this needs to be front and centre.

Read the article: https://theconversation.com/the-ndis-shifts-almost-27m-a-year-in-mental-health-costs-alone-our-new-study-suggests-269097

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24/11/2025

From an AGOSCI friend ....

Fund AAC in the NDIS!

I am advocating for clearer, fairer access to communication supports within the NDIS. This year, many speech pathologists, families and participants have faced increasing barriers and confusing rules around Assistive Technology — particularly high-tech AAC.
I have launched a petition calling for the NDIS to properly fund essential AAC devices so that non-speaking and minimally speaking Australians are not left without a voice. I have also written to our local MP and to Mark Butler (Minister for Health, Ageing, Disability and the NDIS) to raise these concerns.
If this issue affects you, your clients, or your family, I would be incredibly grateful if you could sign and share. Every signature strengthens the message that communication is a human right.
Thank you so much for your support.
https://c.org/cJvkqRv4p7
Sign the Petition
change.org
Sign the Petition

Amelia Griffin

Fund high-tech AAC in the NDIS - Communication Supports Are Essential