Dublin City Council is pleased to announce that it has introduced Communications Boards in some of its libraries, making it the first public library service in the country to do so.
The Communications Boards and augmentative and alternative communications (AAC) devices are of particular benefit to children or adults who are either pre-verbal or non-verbal and/or have communication difficulties.
The Communications Boards were designed in association with Finding Charlie’s Voice, a charity addressing the barriers facing children with speech and language needs.
The AAD devices include Lightwriters, which are text to speech devices, and TD I-110 devices, which are touch screen speech-generating devices.
This initiative is just one of a range of library measures supporting the broader Dublin City Council plan to make Dublin an autism-friendly city.
It has been made possible with the support of money from the Dormant accounts fund.
For more information please see Communication boards and supports rolled out in Dublin City Libraries | Dublin City Council
This is fantastic news! Making libraries more accessible to people with communication difficulties is a huge step forward.