Web Sites

see also: Main Story | Tools to Expand AAC Vocabulary in the Legal Arena | Key Factors in Helping People With Complex Communication Needs to Access Justice | References

The following Web resources provide additional information about becoming an expert witness and offer resources for SLPs who provide clinical services to PWCCN:

• The SEAK, Inc.—national directory of experts that includes a list of consultants and training materials.
  www.seakexperts.com/index.aspx
• Bizchut in Jerusalem, Israel—an access to justice project.
  www.bizchut.org.il/eng/upload/activities/people.html
• Speak Up Project in Canada—safeguarding people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) from sexual abuse/victimization.
  www.aacsafeguarding.ca/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/factshts/disable.htm
• The United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.
  www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc7.htm