TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons for the AAC field
T2 - a tribute to Dr. David Beukelman
AU - Dietz, Aimee
AU - McKelvey, Miechelle
AU - Mirenda, Pat
AU - Light, Janice C.
AU - Blackstone, Sarah
AU - Fager, Susan
AU - Fischer, Julia
AU - Garrett, Kathryn
AU - Golinker, Lewis
AU - Thiessen, Amber
AU - Weissling, Kristy
AU - Williams, Michael B.
AU - Yorkston, Kathryn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - On February 5, 2022, the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) lost a giant when Dr. David “Dave” Beukelman passed away. As the readership of this journal is aware, Dave was one of the principal founders of the AAC field and devoted his career to providing a voice to those without one. Before AAC became a field, people who could not talk were invisible or seldom noticed, unless they were in the way. For more than 40 years, he was a catalyst for change in AAC clinical practice, research, dissemination, teaching, and public policy development. This tribute aims to honor Dave’s lifelong mission of serving others by sharing some of his most timeless and valued lessons. Each lesson begins with one of Dave’s most enduring quotes that is then followed by a brief synopsis of the lesson Dave hoped to convey.
AB - On February 5, 2022, the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) lost a giant when Dr. David “Dave” Beukelman passed away. As the readership of this journal is aware, Dave was one of the principal founders of the AAC field and devoted his career to providing a voice to those without one. Before AAC became a field, people who could not talk were invisible or seldom noticed, unless they were in the way. For more than 40 years, he was a catalyst for change in AAC clinical practice, research, dissemination, teaching, and public policy development. This tribute aims to honor Dave’s lifelong mission of serving others by sharing some of his most timeless and valued lessons. Each lesson begins with one of Dave’s most enduring quotes that is then followed by a brief synopsis of the lesson Dave hoped to convey.
KW - AAC
KW - Beukelman
KW - lessons
KW - pioneer
KW - tribute
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U2 - 10.1080/07434618.2022.2077831
DO - 10.1080/07434618.2022.2077831
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 35658787
AN - SCOPUS:85131581563
SN - 0743-4618
VL - 38
SP - 77
EP - 81
JO - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
IS - 2
ER -