Lily Konyn's articles

You might have read something about echolalia in passing somewhere online, or maybe a professional told you that your child does it. Maybe you’ve heard echolalia is more common in autistic people and other people with developmental differences. I can tell you that I, myself, use echolalia!

Words can shape perceptions. So, we asked what words people like, use, dislike, or don’t understand related to AAC. Here we share the survey results and our recommendations on what words to use and what words to avoid.

Words are the building blocks of language, and language is how we tell stories. It’s how we tell each other who we are. Words can shape perceptions—calling AAC a “clinical practice” paints a very different picture from saying AAC is “all the ways we communicate.”

As an autistic person, Autism Acceptance Month can be rocky. It is thirty days of striving to be heard over the voices of non-autistic people. This year, we at AssistiveWare want to focus on how you can be a better ally to autistic people.

Gestalt Language Processing is getting a lot of buzz in the field of AAC. AssistiveWare Support Team member and part-time AAC user Lily Konyn dives deeper into what it means and, most importantly, how it might influence our AAC tools and supports.