ISAAC International

Register for both ATAAC 2026 and the ISAAC Forum in Zagreb, Croatia with a combined ticket!

Learn more at: https://r.brevo.isaac-online.org/mk/cl/f/sh/6rqJfgq8dIZPepWUAP7bPQdWj6U/TltDd7CLnHu4

🎉 Registration is NOW OPEN for ISAAC's first in-person ISAAC International Forum! 💬

This two-day pre-conference held in collaboration with ATAAC, will take place October 19–20, just before the ATAAC Conference in Zagreb, Croatia.

Leading experts in the field of AAC, including John Costello, Kathryn Drager, Karen Erickson, Lori Geist, and Janice Light are confirmed with more speakers and sessions to be added soon! 👀

🐣 Don’t miss out on Early Bird Pricing! Learn more and register at: https://conference.isaac-online.org/forum/

The Call for Papers deadline is June 19, 2026!

Submit your abstract at: https://isaac-online.org/english/news/isaac-virtual-conference-2026-call-for-papers/

We are pleased to announce the ISAAC Virtual Conference 2026 taking place on November 10-11, 2026! 🚀✨

This year’s conference theme, “AAC in Everyday Life: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond,” will explore practical and forward-looking approaches to advancing the field of AAC.

Submissions for abstracts are now open.
For more information about theme and content areas, guidelines, and dates, visit:
https://isaac-online.org/english/news/isaac-virtual-conference-2026-call-for-papers/

🌟Meet the speakers! 🌟

John Costello has been a Speech Language Pathologist in the Augmentative Communication Program at Boston Children's Hospital for 40 years and is director of the Augmentative Communication Programs. He provides clinical care to people with non-speaking conditions and is an adjunct faculty at Boston University. He founded the first of a kind full-time inpatient augmentative communication service in the ICU/Acute Care as well as the first dedicated full-time ALS AAC Program where he has focused extensively on voice preservation for those at risk of losing speech. John has lectured internationally on topics of AAC, and authored/co-authored articles/chapters related to AAC.

https://www.ataac.eu/speakers/john-costello.html

🌟Meet the speakers! 🌟

Martina Celizić is employed at the Mali dom Community Services Centre, where her work focuses on supporting children and young people with sensory and complex disabilities and on developing educational programmes and communication approaches.

She pursued professional development in the education of children with visual impairments and additional disabilities through the MDVI Euronet network and, in 2008,, attended the Perkins School for the Blind (USA), where she completed a nine-month Educational Leadership Program focused on curriculum development for children with multiple disabilities.

Since 2018, she has led the Mali dom Education Centre, coordinating professional development programmes and developing training in augmentative and alternative communication and the individualisation of educational programmes. As a Perkins International consultant, she participates in delivering numerous international training programmes, including the Perkins International Academy.

Alongside her coordination of the Education Centre, she works in the assessment and counselling programme through educational rehabilitation and assistive technology assessment. She is the author of the handbook "Multimodal Approach to Interaction and Communication of Persons with Sensory and Other Complex/Multiple Disabilities".

She is President of the Assistive Technology Working Group at the Croatian Chamber of Educational Rehabilitators and a member of the National Council for the Development of Social Policies. She also actively participates in the work of the international association Deafblind International.

https://www.ataac.eu/speakers/martina-celizic.html

Attend both the ISAAC International Forum AND the Assistive Technology and Communication (ATAAC) Conference in Zagreb, Croatia this October!

ATAAC 2026 introduces a new, enhanced format with two parallel events within one conference - the ATAAC Professional Conference and the ATAAC Scientific Conference.

Learn more and register at https://www.ataac.eu

ATAAC Conference

Share your AAC story! ISAAC invites people who use AAC to meet online for informal chats.

The next PWUAAC Online Chat is on Monday, May 18 at 2PM EDT. This chat will discuss summer activities and ice cream flavours!

Join the chat here: https://isaac-online.org/english/news/pwuaac-online-chats/

We are pleased to announce the ISAAC Virtual Conference 2026 taking place on November 10-11, 2026! 🚀✨

This year’s conference theme, “AAC in Everyday Life: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond,” will explore practical and forward-looking approaches to advancing the field of AAC.

Submissions for abstracts are now open.
For more information about theme and content areas, guidelines, and dates, visit:
https://isaac-online.org/english/news/isaac-virtual-conference-2026-call-for-papers/