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01 Dec

Posted at 21:51h in Events, News, Uncategorized

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2715" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" link="https://communication4all.org/take-action/#donate"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Support Nonspeakers Today [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]Hello friends, supporters, and community, We hope this holiday season finds you well. Today is Giving Tuesday, an international day dedicated to charitable giving. We're sure this is not the first (or last) Giving Tuesday email you will receive today, so we appreciate you taking the time to read ours. Today, or...

15 Oct

Posted at 01:14h in Events, News, Uncategorized

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][button size="big_large" target="_blank" hover_type="default" text_align="center" text="Sign the Petition" link="https://www.change.org/p/every-person-deserves-a-voice-support-the-communication-bill-of-rights" custom_class="center-btn"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text css=""]Every person deserves the right to be heard. For many New Yorkers with communication disabilities — including the more than 40% of people with autism who are non speaking - that right is still not guaranteed in practice. New tools and techniques now allow people once cut...

12 Jun

Posted at 17:56h in Uncategorized

1.) Email/call Speaker of the House Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791 speaker@nyassembly.gov Ask him to bring the bill to the floor for a vote! 2.) Email/call Senator Pat Fahy: 518-455-2225 fahy@nysenate.gov Ask her to bring the bill through the committee so it may be voted on before they end the legislative session. 3.) Email/call your NY State Senator and Assemblymember TODAY to ask them to support Senate Bill 7792 and Assembly Bill 7363. Find your NY...

16 Apr

Posted at 15:55h in Uncategorized

Read the full March 2025 newsletter here. March 2025 Dear Friends, Happy spring! The first three months of 2025 were among our busiest yet and a testament to the urgent global need for Communication 4 ALL’s resources and advocacy. In January, we launched ten new C4A Academy instructional videos. Two more videos on the critical topic of Open Communication were added in February. To date, this one-of-a-kind resource has received...

31 Jan

Posted at 00:13h in Uncategorized

Communication 4 ALL is excited and honored to return to India for our mission! Our Executive Director, Elizabeth Bonker, will be presenting at the PARIVAAR – National Confederation of Parents Organizations (NCPO) National Parents Meet conference in Kolkata on Saturday, 15th February at 3:45pm local time / 5:15am ET at the Indian Statistical Institute. PARIVAAR is a pan-India body of over 300 Parents Associations and civil...

26 Dec

Posted at 18:50h in Uncategorized

Read the full December 2024 newsletter here. December 2024 Dear Friends, Happy Holidays! We have 3 bundles of cheer we're excited to share with you. First, we posted our first C4A Academy case study in October. Six-year-old Leon goes from crawling around the room to typing his thoughts in six months. The 14 videos of his journey include session summaries that highlight the skills he is working on and my commentary to...

10 Oct

Posted at 03:14h in Uncategorized

Read the full October 2024 newsletter here. October 2024 Dear friends, Happy fall! In this season of transformation, we are super excited to announce that Communication 4 ALL has been awarded funding for two strategic initiatives. We received a second grant from NEXT for AUTISM to create the next 10 C4A Academy instructional videos. We will also use the funding to deploy live support sessions for families via Zoom. Our Facebook group has grown...

10 Oct

Posted at 02:58h in Uncategorized

Robert Roberson is an innocent Autistic father who has spent over 20 years on death row in Texas for a crime that never occurred. He is scheduled to be executed on October 17th, unless Governor Greg Abbott intervenes. Mr. Roberson was a present father to his chronically ill 2-year-old daughter Nikki, who tragically passed away from prior medical conditions. Hospital staff judged Robert's response to his...

12 Sep

Posted at 19:38h in Uncategorized

We are thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Bonker will join Dr. Temple Grandin as a Special Guest Presenter for the Autism Parenting Summit, a free virtual conference, on October 11 to 14. Thirty top autism experts and advocates will offer advice and support for families around the world. Last spring, more than 46,000 registered for this MEGA conference. Elizabeth’s presentation titled, “Rethinking Autism: Communication and...

19 Jul

Posted at 00:07h in Uncategorized

Read the full June 2024 newsletter here. June 2024 Dear friends, Happy Summer! We are flamin’ hot (written during the heat wave in a house with no air conditioning) on the path to empower ALL nonspeakers with autism with communication and education. We had an eventful spring with conferences in Indiana and Mississippi and an advocacy tour in London and Ireland. Our tour included 7 events in 6 days...