BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17006-0007ede95537fd64b44dbec4a4fa340a@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T053430Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T103000 SUMMARY:Dr. Janice Light (CSD, Penn State) DESCRIPTION:“Research &\; Development to Enhance Language and\n\nComm unication for Individuals with Complex Disabilities”\n\nDr. Janice Light \, The Hintz Family Endowed Chair in\n\nthe Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Penn State\n\nFriday\, April 7\, 9:00–10:30 a. m. EDT\,\n\n127 Moore Building and virtually via Zoom\n\nThere are more than 5 million Americans\, more than 97 million people worldwide\, who h ave such complex disabilities that they are unable to rely on convention al channels of communication such as speech and writing. Without effecti ve means to access language\, these individuals are severely restricted in their participation in all aspects of life – education\, employment\, healthcare\, family\, and community living. They require access to augm entative and alternative means of communication (e.g.\, signs\, gestures \, picture or alphabet boards\, speech generating technologies) to acces s language and express themselves. This presentation will provide an ove rview of the research\, development\, and training activities of the fed erally-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (The RERC on AAC). These research\, devel opment\, and training activities are focused on advancing knowledge\, im proving technologies\, and building capacity to improve outcomes for peo ple who require AAC.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even t/dr-janice-light-csd-penn-state/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Research & Development to Enhance Language and< br />Communication for Individuals with Complex Disabilities”

Dr. Janice Light, The Hintz Fami ly Endowed Chair in
the Department of Communication Sciences and Di sorders at Penn State

Friday, April 7, 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT,
127 Moore Building and virtua lly via Zoom

There are more than 5 million Americans, mor e than 97 million people worldwide, who have such complex disabilities t hat they are unable to rely on conventional channels of communication su ch as speech and writing. Without effective means to access language, th ese individuals are severely restricted in their participation in all as pects of life – education, employment, healthcare, family, and community living. They require access to augmentative and alternative means of co mmunication (e.g., signs, gestures, picture or alphabet boards, speech g enerating technologies) to access language and express themselves. This presentation will provide an overview of the research, development, and training activities of the federally-funded Rehabilitation Engineering R esearch Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (The RERC o n AAC). These research, development, and training activities are focused on advancing knowledge, improving technologies, and building capacity t o improve outcomes for people who require AAC.

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