TY - JOUR
T1 - Still having his say
T2 - David Yoder’s legacy in AAC
AU - Koppenhaver, David A.
AU - Erickson, Karen A.
AU - Vanderheiden, Gregg C.
AU - Higginbotham, D. Jeffery
AU - Mathy, Pamela
AU - Kraat, Arlene
AU - Reichle, Joe E
AU - Mizuko, Mark
AU - Clendon, Sally
AU - Sutherland, Dean
AU - Sevcik, Rose A.
AU - Romski, Mary Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - On February 2 2023, one of the guiding lights in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for more than four decades, David E. Yoder, passed away at the age of 90. A voracious reader and gifted storyteller, David was particularly fond of a quote from George Bernard Shaw’s Back to Methuselah, “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ but I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” That vision led him to take on multiple leadership roles and influence the field of AAC in multiple ways. He played a pivotal role in establishing both the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) and the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC). Additionally, he chaired the panel for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)’s inaugural Consensus Validation Conference on AAC, advocated for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to recognize AAC within the profession’s scope of practice, and served as the first editor for the Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal. In this tribute, we describe David’s diverse and unique contributions to improving the lives of people with communication challenges with a focus on some of his central insights and actions.
AB - On February 2 2023, one of the guiding lights in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for more than four decades, David E. Yoder, passed away at the age of 90. A voracious reader and gifted storyteller, David was particularly fond of a quote from George Bernard Shaw’s Back to Methuselah, “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ but I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” That vision led him to take on multiple leadership roles and influence the field of AAC in multiple ways. He played a pivotal role in establishing both the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) and the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC). Additionally, he chaired the panel for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)’s inaugural Consensus Validation Conference on AAC, advocated for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to recognize AAC within the profession’s scope of practice, and served as the first editor for the Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal. In this tribute, we describe David’s diverse and unique contributions to improving the lives of people with communication challenges with a focus on some of his central insights and actions.
KW - Augmentative and alternative communication
KW - literacy
KW - severe disability
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U2 - 10.1080/07434618.2024.2324259
DO - 10.1080/07434618.2024.2324259
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 38487933
AN - SCOPUS:85188468020
SN - 0743-4618
JO - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ER -