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International Association for Spelling as Communication

The mission of I-ASC is to advance communication access for nonspeaking individuals globally through training, education, advocacy and research.
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08/21/2026

Let us know what days you'll be there!

Sessions Available: Naas, Ireland
Saturday, October 10th - Wednesday, October 14th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm each day

I-ASC will be conducting an Internship Outreach for S2C Practitioners in Training under the supervision and mentorship of Elizabeth Vosseller & Anna Lechleiter. Interns will offer S2C sessions to complete their training for $50USD (43Euro).

This ensures that all Practitioners have experience with a wide range of spellers and demonstrates best practices. Each session is in person in Naas, and is 30 minutes long.

Request a session: https://forms.gle/J78Dy6aXkQTUnGqo7

Requests will be taken, but because of high demand and a limited number of spots, participants will be drawn randomly.

08/20/2026

S2C Sessions Available: Naas, Ireland
Saturday, October 10th - Wednesday, October 14th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm each day.

I-ASC will be conducting an Internship Outreach for S2C Practitioners in Training under the supervision and mentorship of Elizabeth Vosseller, founder of S2C and Executive Director of I-ASC and Anna Lechleiter, Certified S2C Practitioner. Interns will offer S2C sessions to complete their training. This ensures that all Practitioners have experience with a wide range of spellers and demonstrate best practices.

Each session is in person in Naas, Ireland, and is 30 minutes long.

*Full address provided upon registration
Request a session: https://forms.gle/8yWG9ad4BbAGJM5AA

Requests will be taken, but because of high demand and a limited number of spots, participants will be drawn randomly.

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08/19/2026

Why do dragons appear in cultures around the world? 🐉

From ancient symbols of chaos to bringers of rain and good fortune, dragon myths may have been inspired by snakes, fossils, enormous reptiles, and natural disasters. Though their meanings differ, dragons continue to capture our imagination.

Learn more about the exciting history of dragons in this latest lesson by S2C Practitioner in Training, Katja Piscitelli.

The Legend of the Dragon
Download it here: https://i-asc.org/lessons/the-legend-of-the-dragon/

08/18/2026

Do you have a healthcare professional in your life that you wish understood S2C better? Then we have the event for you!

Join the Spellers & Allies Advocacy Network for Let Us Spell It Out For You, a webinar designed specifically with healthcare professionals in mind. While any healthcare professional will enjoy this, this presentation highlights the needs of Primary Care Providers (PCP/GP).

I-ASC's Spellers and Allies want to educate, inform and share their life experiences about the nonspeaking community with you. Presentations are created by nonspeakers, spelling letter by letter on letterboards or keyboards.

There are many misconceptions about nonspeakers that this presentation addresses:

- What does nonspeaking mean, who is nonspeaking, and how does it affect their lives?
- Why can’t nonspeakers use their mouths to communicate? How do they communicate, and how did they learn to do it?
- What is the Spellers and Allies Advocacy Network?
- How can you help?

The presentation is entirely online and lasts about an hour, including a Q&A session with nonspeaking members of the Spellers & Allies Advocacy Network.

Register for FREE at: https://shorturl.at/zegB3

08/17/2026

It is estimated that there are over 30 million individuals worldwide who are unable to communicate effectively using speech. Spelling to Communicate (S2C) is a method that teaches people who are nonspeaking, minimally speaking, or unreliably speaking how to accurately spell their thoughts and ideas on a letterboard.

Join Elizabeth Vosseller, founder of Spelling to Communicate and Executive Director of I-ASC, to learn more about how S2C can help nonspeaking children and adults in New Zealand.

Register Now: https://shorturl.at/p4Ck9

These talks are suitable for parents, caregivers, educators, therapists, and other allied professionals who work with individuals with autism, Down Syndrome, and genetic syndromes with motor-sensory and communication challenges.

Topics of discussion:
- What is Spelling to Communicate?
- The brain body disconnect
- Presuming competence
- Q & A Session

*Event address provided with registration

08/15/2026

FREE S2C Sessions Available: Phoenix, Arizona
Monday, September 14th - Friday, September 18th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day

I-ASC will be conducting an Internship Outreach for S2C Practitioners in Training under the supervision and mentorship of Elizabeth Vosseller, founder of S2C and Executive Director of I-ASC. Interns will offer FREE S2C sessions to complete their training. This ensures that all Practitioners have experience with a wide range of spellers and demonstrate best practices.

Each session is in person in Phoenix, AZ, and is 30 minutes long.

*Full address provided upon registration
Request a session: https://forms.gle/iv1yY7XG629CgsVy6

Requests will be taken, but because of high demand and a limited number of spots, participants will be drawn randomly.

08/14/2026

The Neurolyrical Cafe is a virtual a space where spellers and typers can share their talents, artwork, music, and more while being their authentic selves. This event is online, free to join, and brings together spellers from across the globe.

You don't have to present to join in the fun!
Register now: https://shorturl.at/qKtgS

Want to share your work?
Send it via email to [email protected] by August 26, 2026

Additional detail for submission in the comments

08/13/2026

Elizabeth Vosseller, I-ASC Executive Director, had the honor to present at the World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference in Indonesia and to share the ongoing work examining language and cognition in nonspeaking autism.

This presentation brought together the clinical perspective on the motor and sensory differences that can affect reliable communication with the innovative fMRI research of Dr. Morgan Barense at the University of Toronto and the contributions of Isaiah Grewal, a nonspeaking research assistant whose perspective and expertise are integral to this work.

Our presentation, Rethinking Language and Cognition in Nonspeaking Autism: Early Findings from a Novel Neuroimaging and Clinical Framework, shared early findings from this first-of-its-kind research and explored what becomes possible when we begin to separate the ability to speak from the ability to think and understand.

Elizabeth was especially honored that the presentation received the Best Presentation Award in Assistive Technology and Innovation.

We are grateful for the opportunity to bring this work to an international audience and excited about where this research can take us as we work toward greater understanding, communication access, and participation for nonspeaking people.

08/12/2026

What if the key to reliable communication isn’t more practice, but more trust?

Solid, sustained spelling begins when the speller trusts that you’ll support their communication and when you trust yourself to do so.

Join Tara Sayuri Whitty, Certified S2C Practitioner, for a practical webinar exploring how to build that trust by centering the speller in your mindset, practice, and application of spelling. This webinar will also discuss how to navigate the exciting, and sometimes daunting, leap to open communication.

📅 Thursday, August 27 - Two session times available to join!
12:00 pm ET
7:30 pm ET - This session includes live spanish translation.

Register for FREE: https://shorturl.at/lDmkk

08/10/2026

What an incredible time at Motormorphosis 2026! 🌟 The energy at the Spellers & Allies (S&A) booth was electric as we connected with so many new and old friends.

We were also honoured to share our presentation, "Bringing Our Stories to Life: Speller Struggles and Successes," diving deep into the impacts of dysregulation, stress, and anxiety. To top it all off, our S&A-only social was the perfect space to build community and connect speller-to-speller (with no CRP gabbing!).

Thank you to everyone who made this weekend so impactful!

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