In the background, a typer types with their communication partner behind an orange overlay. White stencil text reads "BEHIND EVERY SPELLER IS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVED FIRST." Paper tear graphics lead to a white background on the bottom, with the “Communication is a Human Right: My Voice, My Choice, powered by Communication 4 ALL and SPELLERS” logo.

🫂 Behind every typer, there was someone who believed in them first.

🔠 Communication Partners (CPs) help typers regulate themselves so they can type accurately.

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #MyVoiceMyChoice #AutismAction #Communication4ALL #SpellersFreedom

6 yellow 26-letter stencils surround blue and orange text that reads "They can't speak, but they can point, and that means everything."

Here at C4A, we go by a simple yet profound saying: 26 letters are all we need.

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #MyVoiceMyChoice #AutismAction #Communication4ALL #SpellersFreedom

Communication 4 ALL | C4A Academy We are thrilled to offer Instructional Videos, Case Studies, Lessons, a Facebook group, Resources, and Support to get you started on the journey to teach your nonspeaker how to type to communicate, free of charge.

Visit C4A Academy to empower your nonspeaker to type to communicate, free of charge: https://communication4all.org/c4a-academy/

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #MyVoiceMyChoice #AutismAction #Communication4ALL #SpellersFreedom

🤔 What if your child understood everything, but their body just wouldn't let them tell you?

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #MyVoiceMyChoice #AutismAction #Communication4ALL #SpellersFreedom

❤️ Happy World #AutismAction Day! And Month!! 🔠♾️

🤝 #SpellersFreedom and #Communication4ALL are coming together with our beautiful community this month to protect typing rights.

www.spellersfreedomfoundation.org/communication-is-a-human...

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #MyVoiceMyChoice

Nonspeakers do not need permission to communicate.
They need law to stop standing in their way.

Senator Fahy: Reverse the language.
Restore the bill.
Do the right thing

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #DisabilityRights #Nonspeaking #AutismAdvocacy #PresumeCompetence #CommunicationRights #senatorfahy

A picture of David Kaufer

Communication Is a Human Right: Non-Speakers, Seclusion Bans & Disability Law w/COPAA." Our CEO, Denise Marshall, recently appeared on "The Lighter Side of the Spectrum" w/David Kaufer
Watch it on YouTube! - youtu.be/v3EMV3-18Bo?...
#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #COPAA

We want to highlight @communicationfirst.bsky.social! We love this organization & their advocacy about how communication is a human right. Check out this video from their Digital Storytelling and Advocacy campaign ⬇️ youtu.be/_qkndlGznCw?... #AutismAcceptance #CommunicationIsAHumanRight

5) #ListenToNonSpeakers & #AACUsers

Hear
@jordynbzim’s story in #ThisIsNotAboutMe

Access @Communica1st events, resources and powerful short film
#Listen

#PresumeCompetence
#CommunicationIsAHumanRight

Amplify.
thread
below = numerous powerful perspectives of #NonSpeakers x.com/ekverstania/...

Lovely graphic. Suggestion to remove ‘ASD’ next time as it is not aligned with Neurodiversity or Acceptance but is rather a medical model-based diagnostic term. Hashtags to highlight:
#ListenToNonSpeakers
#PresumeCompetence
#CommunicationIsAHumanRight
#NormalizeStimming
#RedInstead

When you let me use my actual preferred communication my intelligence cannot be denied."

TJ Thompson, REV Student

#NonspeakingDoesNotEqualNonthinking #AAC #CommunicationAccess #CommunicationIsAHumanRight #PresumeCompetence
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Pale yellow background featuring a diverse range of AAC users. Text ‘Communication Bill of Rights’ images by ‘drawn to AAC’ ‘I have the right…’ ‘to make my own friends and build social relationships’ ‘to say how I feel and what I like’ ‘to say no, refuse, or protest what you offer me’ ‘to comment and express my opinions’ ‘to ask for what I want, who l want, where I want to go, and what I want to do’ ‘to be an active member of my community’ ‘to give and be told info that matters to me such as changes in my day’ ‘to access communication tools and strategies’ ‘to be informed about people who work with me’ ‘to be acknowledged and responded to’ ‘to always have access to working AAC/AT’ ‘to make choices from meaningful options’ ‘to be treated with dignity and respect’ ‘to be talked to, not about’ ‘to be talked to in a way I can understand’

There are many children & adults living with a rare condition who are non-speaking or have communication differences. This ‘Communication Bill of Rights’ is spot on 🙌

www.apraxia-kids.org/wp-content/u...

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #AAC #RareCommunity

A white box at the top reads: FAKE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT. A red adult sits at a table with a blue/purple adult and a green/blue child. The red adult says to the other adult, “Communication is so important for reducing frustration and challenging behaviors (which are so hard on the rest of us!), so let’s see what we can do to get them talking.” On the table are only two options: a binder labeled “Speech” and a binder labeled “PECS.”

A green adult sits at a table with a blue/purple adult and a green/blue child. The green adult says to the child, “Communication is human right, and you deserve to be heard. We’re gonna try all the respectful methods of communication available to us until we find what works best for you.” On the table are several options: Picture Cards, Speech, a letterboard, a pen and notepad, Sign Language, and an AAC device.

Communication support is a desperately needed thing for so many autistic people and their families. Unfortunately, many places that claim they can offer it are not delivering in the well-rounded, neuro-affirming way they should. #communicationisahumanright