#eyegaze

Portable eyegaze devicea should be a thing. Eyegaze bracketts like that pf tovbidynavox are great but arent designed qell to qork with casws and thats a problem. I really need to be able ro keep my aac systrm in ita case its actively a barrier to jave to remove it from ots case to use the eyegaze them have to put it back onto the case if i want to pack ip and say take my aac wiyh me between rooma or of i need the loo or have to go do anything else a room over i shpuld have to go with out communication acess if i am using eyegaze and need thw loo or need to run down the hall or do anyrhibg else . While ambilatory and unreliably ambukatory eyegaze users are not a primary market we do exist abd the nees for eyegaze access for ambulitory aac users is out there but it neess to be c9 sidered and met.

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AAC being increasingly available is great! It should be more available. More people should find AAC and realize it helps them. AAC should be easy to find easy to know about easy to get access to. And it's absolutely terrifying to be there in the situation of people assume all AAC is a free app for the phone or tablet you already have. Maybe buy an app. Maybe buy an iPad. But its all consumer products and not be able to talk about being in the position of not knowing whether or not you will be actually provided communication you need or if insurance will decide nah you're good as you are. Because I'm so so very glad AAC is getting easier and easier to get. And at the same time, the commercial products just can't do everything the dedicated devices can. I'm currently using AAC on my iPad and its great. It works a lot of the time for me. I highly recommend it for so many people. There's multiple apps that would fit different people! Use AAC! Explore and figure out what fits you. And the truth is still that with the way my body works, I just can't rely on touch. I can't always lift my arm. I can't always point. These are things that are assumed and I can *usually* do. And when I can't I still need communication access. I'm in evaluation for an eyegaze device because of the degree of how my chronic illnesses affect my communication. But can I trust insurance to take someone who can access speech at all even if it is always unreliable speech as someone who needs eyegaze. Can I trust that insurance would take someone who can sometimes type over 100wpm and sometimes can't lift their arm and say yes this person needs access to communication always not just wait until you're feeling better. It's *scary* in a way I don't know how to explain to people because varying needs is seen as "speech and AAC" not "typing and eyegaze".