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Hi Mishael, A very pertinent question! There is a mish-mash of services around, as you may already know. A list of current regional (ish) centres exists on the CM site: http://www.communicationmatters.org.uk/Resources/AAC_Centres/aac_centres.html It would probably be worth linking up with your other neighbouring local services and specialist services (GOSH or CharringX ?). CM is also co-ordinating a number of work streams around this, including a meeting of AAC specialist services looking at standards for services and also recently, a research grant to (among other things) map existing services: http://www.communicationmatters.org.uk/Research_Matters/Index/index.html There is a mailing list for the services work at: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/aac-assessment-services-forum As well as the CM-Forum (more general AAC stuff) at: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/cm-aac-forum We (Barnsley and Sheffield Uni) are also trying to push things at a regional level up here, but haven't a successful plan yet! Good luck, let us know your progress. Cheers Simon -----Original Message----- From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Akpan Mishael Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: AAC Dear All I am currently helping a Speech Therapist to put a case to the commissioner to fund communication aids for adults in our district who require this type of equipment. However, before we go banging our commissioner's door, I wanted to check how other SLT departments and professional colleagues provide this type of equipment to adults in their area. Kind regards Mishael Akpan Acting AHP Service Manager Haringey NE Sector St. Ann's Hospital, St. Ann's Road London, N15 3TH Tel: 020 8442-6365 ________________________________ From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. 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