Tracy Rackensperger

Tracy Rackensperger, Ph.D., currently holds the faculty position of Public Service Assistant within the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Institute on Human Development and Disability at the University of Georgia. She currently leads the Institute’s AAC activities and oversees projects related to the employment of people with disabilities. Dr. Rackensperger has published scholarly works regarding augmentative communication. She has personally used AAC for over 40 years. She is a Project Co-Leader for Training and Dissemination with the RERC on AAC.

ASHA Financial Disclosures:
Tracy receives funding under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90REGE0029) to the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (RERC on AAC). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this presentation do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

ASHA Non-Financial Disclosures:
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