AAC and Computer Access with Margaret Moore, an accomplished author and writer, will provide participants with her writing process and strategies, and how she uses her Accent device within NuVoice to produce written materials, including poetry.

Learning Outcomes: 

Participants will:

• Discover from personal experience and demonstration the strategies and tools used to develop written materials through an Accent device using NuVoice.
• Gain insight from an AAC user on the thought process to produce poetry and other written materials.
• Learn techniques and resources during a question and answer session

Agenda:

6 minutes - Introduction

6 minutes - Using word power

6 minutes - Word processing  

6 minutes - Launching documents  

6 minutes - Adding text  

6 minutes - 3rd party add-ons  

6 minutes - Adding pauses; meter

18 minutes - Q & A   

Please note the following details regarding this course:

• You must register for this course using your own AACLJ account.
• All attendees will have the opportunity to download a Certificate of Attendance/Completion, depending on the class.
• Certificate eligibility require complete live attendance.
• Certificates will be available to participants with verified attendance within a 2-week processing period.

If this is an online training:

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Instructor:

Margaret Anne Mary Moore is the author of the bestselling disability memoir Bold, Brave, and Breathless: Reveling in Childhood's Splendiferous Glories While Facing Disability and Loss (Woodhall Press, 2023). She is a summer 2022 graduate of Fairfield University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program, where she earned a degree in creative nonfiction and poetry. Margaret is an editor and the marketing coordinator at Woodhall Press and works as an ambassador for PRC-Saltillo. She accesses an Accent speech generating device with joystick and eye tracking to support communication. She delivers presentations at national and international writing conferences. As her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Margaret founded The Yes You Can Movement, a presentation series and Facebook blog in which she shares her experiences as a disabled individual, motivational speaker, career woman, and para athlete. Named the 2023 Achilles Connecticut Athlete of the Year, she uses a walker to compete in 5K races and triathlons with Achilles International – Connecticut and Gaylord Sports Association’s ParaTriathalon Team and is a three-time paratriathlon relay team champion. Connect with Margaret at margaretannemarymoore.com.

Session Dates:

• Online with Kirk Behnke and Margaret Moore
  April 16, 2025 : 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT