Speaker Disclosures

Universal Voices: The Right to be Heard, Move and Belong

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Speaker Disclosures

Speaker	Disclosure Statement
Aileen Arai	Aileen Arai is a full-time employee of The Bridge School and Bridge to Life. She is a voluntary member of the AAC-CVI Research Council. Aileen received an honorarium for this presentation.
Gabriela Berlanga	Gabriela Berlanga is a full-time employee of the Bridge School where she serves as the Executive Director. She is a voluntary member of the AAC-CVI Research Council and the North American Alliance for Communication Access.
Jamie Boster	Dr. Boster is the Director of Research in Speech Pathology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and an adjunct assistant professor at The Ohio State University. She is an Associate Editor for the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Journal. Dr. Boster recieved an honorarium for this presentation.
Brenda Del Monte	Brenda Del Monte receives payment from the Special Education Technology Center as speaker and consultant. She owns a company called Technically Speaking AAC and co-hosts and develops content for “Awe and Wonder AAC & AT Podcast”. She receives royalties from Amazon for the sale of her book “I See You In There”. Brenda received an honorarium for her participation in the panel discussion.
Tike DeMarco	Tike DeMarco is an employee of The Bridge School and Bridge to Life in the roles of Director of Transition and Self-Determination Specialist. She is also in training as a Clinical Mental Health and Marriage Family therapist, providing counseling services at Samaritan House Free Clinics. Tike is a co-author of the Self-Determination Continuum tool and received an honorarium for this presentation.
Jana Iverson	Prof. Iverson is a salaried employee of Boston University. She has received research funding through the National Institue of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Didorders, and Autism Speaks.
Fei Luo	Dr. Luo is the Director of Research at The Bridge School and Bridge to Life. She is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. Dr. Luo received an honorarium for this presentation.
Joy McCollum-Franco	Joy McCollum-Franco is a full-time employee of The Bridge School and Bridge to Life in the role of Assistve Technologist. She received an honorarium for this presentation.
Lateef McLeod	Lateef McLeod is Senior Community Research Associate at Oregon Health and Science University. He is the chair of the International Society for AAC (ISAAC) LEAD Committee. Lateef serves as a board member for The Bridge School, ISAAC and CommunicationFirst. He received an honorarium for his participation in the panel discussion.
Patrick Regan	Patrick Regan is a paid Consultant as part of The Bridge School Self Determination Program. He is the current President-Elect of the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC), President of Bridging Communities Through Alternative Communication and an ISAAC LEAD Committee Member. Patrick received an honorarium for his participation in the panel discussion.
Tyson Renze	Tyson Renze is a paid Consultant for The Bridge School Self Determination Program and Bridge to Life. He received an honorarium for his participation in the panel discussion.
MaryAnn Romski	Dr. Romski is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and salaried employee at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. She is the Director of the Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL) and a founding member of the Center on Research on Challenges to Acquiring Language & Literacy (RCALL). Dr Romski is a Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), and the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). She has received research funding through the the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Didorders and received an honorarium for this presentation.
Rose Sevcik	Dr. Sevcik is a salaried employee of Georgia State University, Atlanta, and Co-Director of the Center for Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy (RCALL). She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). She has received research funding through the the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Didorders and received an honorarium for this presentation.
Alyssa Sims	Alyssa Sims is a full-time Speech-Language Pathologist at The Bridge School. She received an honorarium for this presentation.

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