Still having his say: David Yoder's legacy in AAC.
Augment Altern Commun
; 40(2): 69-73, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
On February 2 2023, one of the guiding lights in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for more than four decades, David E. Yoder, passed away at the age of 90. A voracious reader and gifted storyteller, David was particularly fond of a quote from George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah, "You see things; and you say 'Why?' but I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'" That vision led him to take on multiple leadership roles and influence the field of AAC in multiple ways. He played a pivotal role in establishing both the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) and the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC). Additionally, he chaired the panel for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)'s inaugural Consensus Validation Conference on AAC, advocated for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to recognize AAC within the profession's scope of practice, and served as the first editor for the Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal. In this tribute, we describe David's diverse and unique contributions to improving the lives of people with communication challenges with a focus on some of his central insights and actions.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Auxiliares de Comunicação para Pessoas com Deficiência
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Augment Altern Commun
Assunto da revista:
PATOLOGIA DA FALA E LINGUAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos