Welcome to the 24 Hour AAC Read-a-Thon / Internet Chat BLOG
Welcome to the 24-Hour AAC Read-a-Thon* / Internet Chat BLOG
In celebration of October Augmentative and Alternative
Communication Awareness (Advocacy, Education, Activism) Month . . .
You're invited to participate in the 6th Annual 24-Hour AAC Internet Chat / Read-a-Thon* on October 22, 2014 starting at 8AM Eastern Daylight Time in celebration of AAC Month
Let's get people around the whole world for 24 hours talking about, learning about, and advocating for access to communication for all
People in countries all around the world celebrate AAC Awareness during the month of October. This year, individuals who use assistive technology to communicate, together with families and friends, professionals, and other supporters will participate in the Sixth Annual 24-Hour International AAC Internet Chat on Skype, on Facebook (24 Hour Global AAC Chat / Read-a-Thon 2014 event page; International AAC Month; International AAC Awareness Month), and on Twitter. This year, the Event will launch at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight time (12:00 PM Greenwich time). Hosts this year are Judy Bailey, Justin Bergers, Terry Gibson, Veronica Montanaro, and others to be announced later.
We are looking for more people to host for an hour or more from various time zones around the world. Contact us via judybailey@aol.com if you wish to host for a while during this event in one or more of the venues (Skype, Facebook, Twitter).
The AAC Awareness campaign team will keep the online chats open and active for 24 continuous hours so that people around the globe may join in to chat and share stories, information, resources and advocacy for a little while or as long as they want.
Here are some ways you may join in:
Facebook: 24 Hour Global AAC Chat / Read-a-Thon 2013 event page (post information and links, follow the postings, comment) or International AAC Month page or International AAC Awareness Month page--or on your own page!
Skype: 24 Hour AAC Chat (send your Skype name to judybailey@aol.com or connect with Judy on Skype judy.bailey3. You will need to confirm contact with one of the task force members so we may add you in. Please do this ahead of time to avoid last minute confusion.
Twitter: Post and follow tweets with the hashtag #AACchat, which has been chosen for the 24-Hour AAC event tweets
Check in on the 24-Hour AAC Read-a-Thon website: -- Check the resources and video links posted there and also find the link to the Chat Room. http://aacmonth.webs.com/
AAC Awareness Website: Read and share the stories in our online AAC Collection - https://www.isaac-online.org/english/aac-awareness/archive-material/
Everyone with an interest in AAC is welcome to participate: people who use AAC, parents, friends, siblings, professionals, supporters, students. In previous 24-Hour AAC Chats, we have had participants from at least seven countries. We hope to break that record this year, with participation in every time zone and active chatting around the clock.
AAC activists in France are also planning a chat in French. For information, check the Caa Francophone event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/325041017639295/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
For more information on this event, check our Everyone Communicates Facebook page. If you wish to commit to helping host this event in your local time zone, let us know via judybailey@aol.com.
Our goal is to get people talking all over the globe about AAC during this 24-hour period in a format that works for them. You may prefer to set up your own chats, too, if that works better for you. We would love to know how you are participating in your part of the world.
Hoping you will join us on October 22, 2014.
Judy Bailey, Co-Chair, AAC Awareness Month Task Force
Questions, ideas and comments: info@aacawareness.org or judybailey@aol.com
Facebook: 24 Hour Global AAC Chat / Read-a-Thon event and also International AAC Month and International AAC Awareness Month
AAC Month website: See ISAAC.org AAC Awareness Month page https://www.isaac-online.org/english/aac-awareness/international-aac-awareness-month/
*Why have we sometimes called it a Read-a-Thon? That's because the chats and resources have been visible in print on Skype, Facebook, and now Twitter. If you have audio and video capabilities, of course--or prefer to chat in person--then your chat could be with speech, speech output, typing, symbols and/or signing. The event will be a marathon event of communicating, writing, typing, learning and advocating about AAC and the power of commnication -- with each person's contribution happening at any time during the 24 hours. So, whether you call it an AAC Chat, an AugCom Chat, or a Read-a-Thon, it's about communicating, learning, and advocating for access to communication for everyone using the methods that they choose--in our lifetime!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Happy AAC Awareness Day! The 24-Hour Chatting on Skype, Facebook, and Everywhere has begun!
The AAC Club in Malta launched the 24-Hour AAC Skype and has been joined by people from UK, Dublin, Virginia in the US. To join in, send a skype to judy.bailey3 and request to join. Also, you may follow us on the International AAC Month page on Facebook. Help us get the whole world talking about AAC today for 24 hours!
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