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🚨 FREEBIE ALERT! 🍓💬Looking for simple ways to build communication during everyday cooking activities?Download Cooking Up...
07/26/2026

🚨 FREEBIE ALERT! 🍓💬

Looking for simple ways to build communication during everyday cooking activities?

Download Cooking Up Communication: 6 Ways to Support Communication While Cooking, a FREE handout from Kristine Deworocki, MS, SLP, founder of .love.speech. 👩‍🍳

Inside, you’ll find practical ideas to support:

✨ Language and engagement
✨ Sequencing and problem-solving
✨ Participation and social communication

The handout pairs with Kristine’s FREE ableU on-demand course:

Cooking Up Communication: Using Simple Food Routines to Build Language Skills

🎓 0.1 ASHA CEUs
⏱️ 1 hour
💻 Available on demand

➡️ Register today and download the handout for FREE: https://bit.ly/4bxFoJW

Tag an SLP, educator, or caregiver who would love this resource!

Anne Cross M.S., CCC-SLP, owner of AAC the SLP, LLC shares her experience and perspective about AACThank you for honori...
07/25/2026

Anne Cross M.S., CCC-SLP, owner of AAC the SLP, LLC shares her experience and perspective about AAC

Thank you for honoring and celebrating all forms of communication

Family Feature Friday 💙 Meet Samson!Three-year-old Samson is a curious communicator with an incredible love for geograph...
07/25/2026

Family Feature Friday 💙 Meet Samson!

Three-year-old Samson is a curious communicator with an incredible love for geography and animals—using his QuickTalker Freestyle speech device to name all 50 states and more than 100 animals. 🌎🐘

At first, his device was mostly a tool for labeling. But with patience, consistent modeling, and support from his whole family, it has become a natural part of play, movement, learning, and everyday routines.

Now, Samson’s QuickTalker Freestyle speech device is always close by, helping create more opportunities for him to communicate, participate, and connect throughout the day.

Thank you, Samantha Whaley, for sharing Samson’s journey with us. We’re so excited to celebrate him and all the ways he communicates! 🙌

Drop a 🤗 for Samson below!

Comment INFO to learn more about AAC and the QuickTalker Freestyle speech device.

Click the link in our bio to read Samantha and Samson’s full story!

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07/22/2026

PETE IS BACK and feelin’ all right! 😎 ☀️ 🐈‍⬛

We’re excited to partner again with ( ) for our July Book Companion—a FREE AAC Activity Guide for Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses! 🕶️📚✨

Available EXCLUSIVELY on social!

Inside the Pete the Cat Bundle you’ll find:
✅ AAC modeling tips
✅ Book reading strategies
✅ Target vocabulary + phrases
✅ Coloring with Pete the Cat
✅ Groovy Door Hanger
✅ Marvelous Matching and more!

Perfect for SLPs and educators supporting communication, literacy, and connection—all while learning to look on the bright side! 🐈‍⬛Because every story is an opportunity to model language, build confidence, and celebrate communication. 📚

💬 “Comment PETE to download!
🔗 Download here: https://bit.ly/4hmxTJw (or link in bio)

©James Dean, 2025; Pete the Cat is a registered trademark of Pete the Cat, LLC. All rights reserved.

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07/22/2026

Allen does Disney! ✨🏰🧡
 
Thank you, , , , and , for helping create magical experiences where every form of communication can be celebrated. 💬✨
 
Allen brought his QuickTalker Freestyle speech device along for every moment of his Disney World adventure—from rides and meals to unforgettable character meet-and-greets.
 
His mom, Alexis (.asr1220), shared:
 
“Allen got to interact and have conversations with his favorite characters without requiring support from another person. He was able to express exactly what he wanted to, instead of us assuming what he wanted to say!” That is what inclusion looks like. 🧡
 
Her theme park pro tip? 👉  “Bringing your AAC with you everywhere takes the guesswork out of parenting!” ✨
 
AbleNet is proud to partner with Disney on a new collection of Disney-inspired quickWRAP designs for the QuickTalker Freestyle speech device—bringing familiar stories and characters to everyday communication.
 
Planning your own theme park adventure? 🎢
 
Comment PARK to receive our FREE, SLP-created AAC at the Theme Park resource with park-ready core words, simple modeling ideas, character interaction tips, and reminders to celebrate every communication win.
 
Because communication access is magical. ✨
 
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Allen does Disney! ✨🏰🧡Thank you, , , , and , for helping create magical experiences where every form of communication ca...
07/22/2026

Allen does Disney! ✨🏰🧡

Thank you, , , , and , for helping create magical experiences where every form of communication can be celebrated. 💬✨

Allen brought his QuickTalker Freestyle speech device along for every moment of his Disney World adventure—from rides and meals to unforgettable character meet-and-greets.

His mom, Alexis (.asr1220), shared:

“Allen got to interact and have conversations with his favorite characters without requiring support from another person. He was able to express exactly what he wanted to, instead of us assuming what he wanted to say!” That is what inclusion looks like. 🧡

Her theme park pro tip? 👉 “Bringing your AAC with you everywhere takes the guesswork out of parenting!” ✨

AbleNet is proud to partner with Disney on a new collection of Disney-inspired quickWRAP designs for the QuickTalker Freestyle speech device—bringing familiar stories and characters to everyday communication.

Planning your own theme park adventure? 🎢

Comment PARK to receive our FREE, SLP-created AAC at the Theme Park resource with park-ready core words, simple modeling ideas, character interaction tips, and reminders to celebrate every communication win.

Because communication access is magical. ✨

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➡️ Ready to better understand and support echolalia during real therapy sessions?Join us for a FREE live ableU webinar:“...
07/20/2026

➡️ Ready to better understand and support echolalia during real therapy sessions?

Join us for a FREE live ableU webinar:
“Supporting Echolalia in Therapy: Real Strategies for Real Sessions”

Presented by Farwa Husain, M.S., CCC-SLP, Autism Mentor, Founder of First Phrases, and Owner of One-on-One Speech Therapy (Gestalt Goodness)

🗓 August 3, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM CT
🎓 0.1 ASHA CEUs available
💻 Free to attend!

Many autistic children use echolalia to communicate, check out this upcoming ableU to learn its purpose and respond in ways that support connection and authentic communication.

In this practical, strategy-filled session, you’ll learn how to:

✔️ Identify at least three communicative functions of echolalia
✔️ Uncover the intent behind echolalic utterances
✔️ Respond in ways that strengthen connection and communication development
✔️ Support more flexible communication through natural, engaging interactions
✔️ Apply neurodiversity-affirming strategies during everyday therapy activities

You’ll leave with research-based, actionable techniques you can immediately use with autistic learners and their families. 🧡

➡️ Register now—it’s free:
https://bit.ly/4ysi8qR

Tag a friend to join you!

We asked SLPs: What's one place families can bring AAC along this summer? 🌞And they delivered some incredible advice for...
07/18/2026

We asked SLPs: What's one place families can bring AAC along this summer? 🌞

And they delivered some incredible advice for helping AAC users communicate, connect, and participate all summer long. 🌊🏖️

From modeling at the zoo, to bringing AAC to birthday parties and family gatherings, to weaving communication into playground adventures and everyday moments at home, these tips are packed with practical ideas families and professionals can start using today.

✨ Featuring:
Grace Reinke, SLP () Grace Reinke Speech Therapy
Emily Howard, SLP () Little Ears & Voices
Lauren Moskwa, M.S., CCC-SLP ()
Maria DeLeon, M.S., SLP, BCS-AAC ()

SLPs, share your tips and top places for AAC in the comments! 👇

07/18/2026

💪 Meet Ellie—an ice cream lover, music fan, and confident communicator! 🍦🎶🧡

Ellie, also known as , loves listening to the Laurie Berkner Band, enjoying her favorite ice cream, and sharing what’s on her mind.

For Ellie and her mom, Stephanie, the QuickTalker Freestyle® speech device has been a complete game-changer.

Before receiving her device, Ellie had so much she wanted to say but didn’t yet have a reliable way to express it. Her “talker” gave her an initial voice while helping build the foundation she needed to understand and use language.

Now that Ellie is also communicating verbally, her device continues to support her as she expands her language, joins more complex conversations, makes her own choices, and even explores an interest in learning other languages! 🌎✨

For their family, communication access has helped replace frustration with deeper connection.
“It didn’t just give her a way to speak—it gave her the confidence to be heard.” — Stephanie ❤️

Drop a 💪 below to celebrate !

Interested in learning more about the QuickTalker Freestyle speech device? Comment INFO and we’ll send you the details.

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PETE IS BACK and feelin' all right! 😎 ☀️ 🐈‍⬛We're excited to partner again with Pete the Cat Official (HarperKids, Harpe...
07/16/2026

PETE IS BACK and feelin' all right! 😎 ☀️ 🐈‍⬛

We're excited to partner again with Pete the Cat Official (HarperKids, HarperCollins) for our July Book Companion—a FREE AAC Activity Guide for Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses! 🕶️📚✨

Available EXCLUSIVELY on social!

Inside the Pete the Cat Bundle you'll find:
✅ AAC modeling tips
✅ Book reading strategies
✅ Target vocabulary + phrases
✅ Coloring with Pete the Cat
✅ Groovy Door Hanger
✅ Marvelous Matching and more!

Perfect for SLPs and educators supporting communication, literacy, and connection—all while learning to look on the bright side! 🐈‍⬛

Because every story is an opportunity to model language, build confidence, and celebrate communication. 📚

🔗 Download here: https://bit.ly/4flRSpa

©James Dean, 2025; Pete the Cat is a registered trademark of Pete the Cat, LLC. All rights reserved.

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