Erin Compton: Adopting Two Children with Cerebral Palsy and Getting Started With AAC

Talking With Tech AAC Podcast

Erin Compton is a mom to 13 children who blogs about family life, adoption, special needs and AAC learning. As a homeschool instructor she has over 20 years of experience working with young language learners. Through the recent adoption of two sons with cerebral palsy, the family has started on an AAC journey to find voices for their sons.

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Interview Show Notes:

Adopting two sons with cerebral palsy from an orphanage in China

In the beginning of AAC it’s more about educating yourself than educating your child

Spreading the AAC gospel

AAC is a journey and belief that your child is capable is the first step

Erin’s experience homeschooling 13 kids and the disbelief that she’s encountered.

How the comfort of home is typically the first place you see communication happens

Making modeling a whole family experience

The power of peer modeling

The first time Erin heard the word “mama”

The importance of SLPs working together with parents

International perceptions of special needs children and the high incidence of abandonment

Karma and how it plays into special needs perceptions in China

Experience of touring a Chinese orphanage with 700 children