The interdisciplinary composition of this committee reflects the pervasive importance of communication in all spheres of human functioning and across traditional boundaries. The shared commitment to promoting effective communication by persons with severe disabilities thus provides a common ground on which the disciplines represented by the member organizations can unite in their efforts to improve the quality of life of such persons.
The Committee consists of members from the following organizations:
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Representative:
Mary Ann Romski,
PhD, CCC-SLP
Department of Communication
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 5060
Atlanta, GA 30203-5060
Phone: 404-413-5666 (office and lab)
Email: mromski@gsu.edu
Representative:
Judith Schoonover,
MEd, OTR/L, ATP, FOTA
Independent Consultant
5110 Rosabelle Beach Avenue
Holland, MI 49424
Phone: 703-727-8337
Email: Jschoonover93@gmail.com
Staff/Ex Officio:
Varleisha D. (Gibbs) Lyons,
PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS, FAOTA
Vice President of Diversity Equity Inclusion Justice Access & Belonging
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Phone: 240-752-1187
Email: vgibbs@aota.org
Representative:
Yuping Chen, ScD, PT
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Georgia State University
P. O. Box 4019
Atlanta, GA 30302-4019
Phone: 404-413-1256
Email: ypchen@gsu.edu
Representative:
Mari Therrien, PT, DSc
Physical Therapist & Researcher
Lil’ Explorers Pediatric Therapy & Florida State University
201 W. Bloxham Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Email: mrtherrien@fsu.edu
Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
Representative:
Beth Mineo, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Center for Disabilities Studies
Associate Professor, School of Education
University of Delaware
461 Wyoming Road, Room 123
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-1589
Email: mineo@udel.edu
Representative:
Andrea Barton-Hulsey, PhD, CCC-SLP
(Committee Co-Chair)
Assistant Professor
School of Communication Science and Disorders
Florida State University
201 W. Bloxham Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-644-7285
Email: abartonhulsey@fsu.edu
Representative:
Nicole L. Tripp, MS, CCC-SLP
Tripp Assistive Technology Services LLC
Houston, TX
Phone: 832-452-7087
Email: Nicole@nicoletripp.com
Staff/Ex Officio:
Diane Paul, PhD, CCC-SLP
Senior Director, Clinical Services in Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard #350
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-296-5688
Email: DPaul@asha.org
Council for Exceptional Children/Division for Communication, Language, and Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Representative:
Susan Bruce, PhD
Boston College
210 Campion Hall
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3813
Phone: 617-552-4239
Email: susan.bruce@bc.edu
TASH
Representative:
Karen Erickson, PhD
The Center for Literacy & Disability Studies
Department of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
321 S. Columbia Street
1100 Bondurant Hall, CB 7335
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7335
Phone: 919-966-8828
Email: erickson@unc.edu
United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Representative:
Rose A. Sevcik, PhD
(Committee Co-Chair)
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 5010
Atlanta, GA 30302-5010
Phone: 404-413-6296
Email: rsevcik@gsu.edu