About Speak Up

What will Speak Up do for people who use AAC?

Speak Up will give people who use AAC the words and pictures they need to communicate about sexuality. This vocabulary will be developed for displays and voice output devices. It will provide accessible information about healthy sexuality, abuse and about how people who use AAC can protect themselves from abuse. This information will be available in formats that can be used and understood by people who cannot physically turn pages or read independently. It will provide assistance to people who use AAC in setting up support circles of people they trust and with whom they can communicate regularly. Speak Up will provide educational sessions on a range of topics relating to safeguarding, which will be specifically geared to the unique needs of people who use AAC.

Speak Up will support people who use AAC to access existing community services to get information and communicate about sexuality, sexual abuse and safeguarding. It will do this by providing educational sessions and resources to community service providers such as sex educators, abuse counselors, health care professionals, police, lawyers, personal care attendants and residential service coordinators.

What is Speak Up?
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What is the story - why is Speak Up needed?
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Speak Up Team Members
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