Tara McCarty

Tara McCarty is a licensed speech-language pathologist and assistant professor in the Communication Science and Disorders program at Penn State University- Harrisburg. Tara’s research focuses on communication solutions for individuals with multiple disabilities and concomitant brain-based visual impairments, specifically cerebral/cortical visual impairment (CVI). Specifically, Tara investigates training for communication partners such as parents, paraeducators, and peers, as well as data collection and decision making approaches to facilitate optimal AAC system design solutions for individuals with CVI.

ASHA Financial Disclosures:
This research and development project was supported by grant #90REGE0014 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (The RERC on AAC). The author has no other financial interests in this research.

ASHA Non-Financial Disclosures:
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