I-ASC

ACCESS. AGENCY. AUTONOMY.

ensuring global access to effective communication for nonspeaking people

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who we are

The International Association for Spelling as Communication, aka I-ASC (pronounced “I-ask”), is a global organization of individuals from the nonspeaking and neurodivergent community. We seek to make spelling and the relevant supports accessible to every person who is unable to use speech as a reliable means of communication, regardless of geography, age, socio-economic or educational status. Through resources, programs, education, and events, I-ASC endeavors to create a consistent foundation of standards, best practices, and data that are quickly becoming the cornerstone for expertise in the nonspeaking community. Insurance coverage and wide availability are essential to ensure access to communication for all nonspeaking people. Therefore, I-ASC is committed to setting the standards of best practices to ensure communicative agency and autonomy for all nonspeakers.

Providing access to communication

Communication is a human right. I-ASC is committed to removing barriers for all nonspeakers. We support all forms of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with a focus on methods of spelling and typing. I-ASC currently offers Practitioner training in the methodology of Spelling to Communicate, also known as S2C™; however, we welcome nonspeakers who use any form of AAC.

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30+ million nonspeakers worldwide

TRAINING

See how we’ve pioneered global change for nonspeakers through practitioner training and programs for families.

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Education

Learn to understand and support the world of your speller through events, webinars, and online resources.

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Advocacy

Join Spellers & Allies to raise expectations, seek justice, improve educational outcomes, and enhance understanding.

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Research

Discover how we transform perceptions about nonspeaking people through clinical research and technology.

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We pioneered S2C Certified Training

I-ASC is the authority in the science and methodology of Spelling to Communicate, known as S2C™, and is the exclusive source of training in the rigorous Spelling to Communicate™ method, an evidence-based practice with a long record of successful outcomes. We work with a global network of interdisciplinary thought leaders and researchers to further substantiate and verify S2C as a communication method that has already changed the lives of many nonspeakers.

S2C is developed with specific procedures to ensure reliable, replicable, and responsible best practices. In order to maintain the integrity of the S2C methodology, it cannot be combined with other approaches for spelling and typing.

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Resources

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Events

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Lessons

Help your speller with 100+ FREE S2C lessons in English and Spanish carefully planned and written by our practitioners

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Support

Support from a community of nonspeakers and their allies who come together to share and learn in a safe space

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effective communication for nonspeakers

To share our day with our loved ones to communicate our joys, fears, or just our basic daily needs is something most of us take for granted. For those with motor-sensory differences, which affect their ability to use speech as a primary means of communication, these small endeavors are a monumental hurdle to overcome. Effective communication has changed that for many nonspeakers around the world.

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Despite an endless parade of therapists, my son spent the first 12 years of his life without a reliable means to communicate. When puberty struck, and life became even harder for him, I just knew if he could communicate, his life would become so much easier. I had heard of nonspeaking autistics learning to type and spell and committed myself to learning about this for my son. I-ASC stood out amongst all the others and has been a lifeline for my son and family. Their complete dedication to nonspeaking autistics puts them ahead of all the other methods. Not only did my son learn to communicate, but he has also learned to write a book, compose a song, participate in a science lab, and try new foods, thanks to the dedicated S2C practitioners of I-ASC.

I-ASC? Do you have to ask? It has underpinned and amplified my emerging identity as a spelling nonspeaker on fire in tandem to wake up the world!

I-ASC has built a global community around empowerment and connection, which has allowed me to thrive and grow and feel that I am part of something bigger.

I-ASC has helped me learn to advocate for nonspeakers. It has given me community and hope for the future of nonspeakers.

I-ASC has begun a movement for nonspeakers like me and my friends. It is a movement of presuming competence and opening opportunities like never before. I feel respected and valued in a time where the future is much brighter.

I-ASC has helped me make connections That would not have been possible. I can now advocate for communication access for all nonspeaking people.

I-ASC has helped me believe in my purpose to advocate for communication for all human beings.

I-ASC has made spelling more well known and accepted. I-ASC has made my life bigger and better.

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Twenty-six letters equal infinite possibilities

Nonspeaking individuals with sensory-motor differences have long been underestimated and misunderstood, leaving them in a world of silence and frustration. Everyone has a voice, whether by speaking, writing, typing, or pointing to communicate. Speech does not equal intelligence. Elizabeth Vosseller, SLP, the founder and Executive Director of I-ASC, has worked with individuals with complex communication and sensory-motor differences since 1995. In 2015, she developed Spelling to Communicate (S2C)™ as a method with clear protocols, processes, and procedures for spelled communication that is replicable, reliable, responsible, and researchable. In 2019 Elizabeth founded I-ASC to ensure ALL nonspeaking individuals have access to communication through training, education, advocacy, and research. I-ASC works to establish and advance a greater understanding of the capabilities of nonspeaking, minimally, and unreliably speaking people.

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Change the expectation, be an I-ASC ally!

The I-ASC Spellers & Allies Advocacy Network is a group of spellers and allies who advocate together around issues that concern nonspeaking people. We seek to make real change for all nonspeaking people through public education and advocacy campaigns. The Spellers & Allies Advocacy Network welcomes adults above the age of 18.