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When communication takes time in an impatient world

My daughter uses AAC to communicate and speaks slowly, but other kids get impatient and walk away before she can finish her thoughts and I watch her face fall every time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The social requirement for rapid verbal exchange excludes those whose thoughts move at different speeds, creating isolation based purely on temporal expectations.

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