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The Council AAC

@thecouncil-aac

Hello, welcome to The Council's AAC-oriented sideblog! We're a plural system (main blog is @thecouncilofidiots) who uses plural they/it pronouns and are 21+

We are semi-verbal due to language/speaking skill regression caused by a (currently unknown) psychotic disorder. We have disjointed/disorganized speech/thoughts, as well as speech loss episodes. We are autistic, which influences our speech capabilities, but isn't significantly impactful. However, we do have selective mutism due to chronic anxiety (managed by anti-anxiety medication), and non-vox alters

We're working on learning/using AAC to help us communicate

AAC means augmentative and alternative communication, and is any method of communication that doesn't rely on spoken word

When we are experiencing disorganized/disjointed thoughts/speech due to psychosis, our typing often reflects it (for example "Council feel cold, think need get more blanket"). It's not a typing quirk, or something that we can translate, so please be patient with us

Important note : due to our conditions/disorders, we cannot add our own image IDs to our posts. However, we will happily reblog/add image IDs if others are willing make them; it is not apathy for accessibility, but rather, a case of incompatible disabilities

Feel free to join our AAC Community

Or the Discord server!

Meet the Support Team!

Trying save for Coughdrop Lifetime Membership

((BYI, we are explicitly 100% safe for systems of any/all origin, level of functionality/disorder, ect - plurality is an umbrella term and spectrum <3))

Explicitly Endo-Safe Emoji Blogs -> x

Vox Coining Post -> x

We updated our affection folder!!! Really happy with it, happy happy happy !!!!

[ID: A phone with Weavechat open to an affection folder. In it there is a petnames folder, the start of the questions “Can I have”, “Can we”, “Do you need”, and “Do you want”. There are then the verbs “bite”, “cuddle in bed”, “headpats”, “hold”, “hold paws”, “hug”, “kiss”, “nuzzle”, “side hug” and “stim together”. Finally, there are buttons saying “green”, “yellow”, and “red”. End ID]

This is brilliant...

Holy shit, we need to add something like this, this is amazing

How I communicate thingy. Blank version.

Juliette fill! For Juliette only, not Council

Juliette nonvox, not speaks at all ever

Unlike Mouse (other nonvox little), Juliette able make sounds like squeaks barks grunts

Council only knows basic basic sign language, so use gestures not so well but want learn more

Juliette have AAC app board themed for Bluey, likes it lots but not use high tech AAC lots (not as robust as collective board, but has words Juliette needs) - some times spell words on phone keyboard and show instead of text-to-speech or app, but only when sounds and gestures not convey right

Juliette most used is low tech AAC (communication cards) and non-word sounds

Also do for Council

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