Grant Blasko

Grant Blasko (he/him) is a full-time AAC user, nonspeaking autistic advocate, and a student at the University of Washington. Diagnosed with autism and dyspraxia at age two, Grant’s early school experiences deeply motivated his advocacy and shaped his academic journey. Today, Grant utilizes frameworks from interdisciplinary social sciences and disability studies to investigate systemic issues impacting communication disabilities. He participates in neurodiversity-focused research collaborations, serves on the CommunicationFIRST Advisory Council and TASH’s National Communication Access Workgroup Along with peer-reviewed scholarly work in the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Journal 2025. Some speaking highlights include INSAR 2025, the Stanford Neurodiversity Conference 2025, NIDCD’s Non-Speaking Individuals with Autism workshop (2023), and The Future of AAC Research Summit (2024), where he also served on the planning committee. Grant is a recipient of the 2024 University of Washington’s DO-IT Trailblazer Award for advocacy leadership, and the 2026 Dennis Lang Student Award for Disability Studies. Grant is the incoming 2026-2028 term ISAAC LEAD Chair, and looks forward to contributing to the ISAAC organization.

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