Lily Konyn

Support Specialist / AAC Researcher

Lily is a member of the Support Team and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her spouse and cats. She is a part-time AAC user, using both symbol-based and text-based AAC. Lily loves to learn and has a Bachelors's degree in Linguistics and a Master’s degree in Assistive Technology and Human Services. Lily advocates for increased access to AAC and literacy for all communicators.

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Echolalia - what it is and how I use it
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!
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How to talk about AAC and AAC users (according to them)
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.”
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