Communication 4 ALL

? C4A's Executive Director Elizabeth Bonker and Executive Chair Ginnie Breen are excited to attend NEXT for AUTISM's Night of Too Many Stars at The Beacon Theatre in New York City on Monday, March 31st at 8:00pm as the guests of NEXT for AUTISM’s CEO Gillian Leek. ?? Night of Too Many Stars is a live comedy fundraiser to benefit NEXT for AUTISM and autism programs nationwide. Host Jon Stewart will be joined by Ronny Chieng, Alex Edelman, Susie Essman, Sam Morril, Adam Sandler, and too many more! ??? Tickets and details at: https://lnkd.in/efAfyeqp ?? The Communication 4 ALL team is grateful to NEXT for AUTISM for their support in developing C4A Academy, a program of internet-based instructional videos to give nonspeakers a voice via typing to communicate. #NOTMS #NightofTooManyStars #comedyfundraiser #autismfundraiser #NEXTforAUTISM

Elizabeth was recently featured on India Autism Center 's podcast! We met with India Autism Center on our recent trip to Kolkata, India. They are doing amazing work to ensure Autistic folks in India all across the spectrum have access to quality housing and needs-centered care, among many other initiatives. Can you guess what Elizabeth's main message was? "WE ARE JUST LIKE YOU. PLEASE TALK TO US, READ BOOKS WITH US, AND TAKE US OUT JUST LIKE YOU WOULD ANYONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY. WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO GIVE US A VOICE, JUST LIKE THE DEAF HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE. WE NEED YOU TO BELIEVE IN US, AND OUR LOVE WILL SHINE THROUGH OUR TYPED WORDS TO YOU." As always, C4A Academy is available to you free of charge, so that you can teach your nonspeaker to type to communicate. Start changing both of your lives today: https://lnkd.in/e4N78_yt

The Communication 4 ALL team is honored to have met with India Autism Center multiple times on our trip to Kolkata, India in February. We are especially grateful that they made this lovely and informative video about how C4A is working to ensure meaningful and effective communication via typing for ALL nonspeakers worldwide: tens of millions of people, at least. We know that many families in the US, in India, and around the world face seemingly insurmountable barriers to accessing communication resources for their nonspeaking loved ones. To begin to solve this, we developed C4A Academy, a program of internet-based instructional videos to teach nonspeakers how to type, free of charge. When we say “type,” we include pointing to letters on stencils and letterboards, as well as pressing them on a keyboard or tablet. C4A Academy also includes written lessons you will need to implement the program, a Facebook group, supplies, and other resources like “Ask an Expert” that will help you on your journey. The mission is communication for ALL! Give your nonspeaker a voice with C4A Academy: https://lnkd.in/e4N78_yt Video description: Ginnie and Elizabeth sit in a classroom, as Elizabeth types on her iPad to communicate and Ginnie explains C4A's mission. Subtitles and supplementary words appear on the screen as different subjects are discussed. Footage of Elizabeth as a baby and child, and of her valedictorian address and accepting her diploma at her college graduation are included on the bottom. Ginnie is a white woman with long brown hair, wearing a pink, white, and blue floral dress and a black cardigan. Elizabeth is a young white woman with long dark brown hair half-up half-down, wearing a white Communication 4 ALL t-shirt and orange and green floral pants. India Autism Center's logo is on the top right and ending screen. #apraxia?#dyspraxia #nonspeaking #nonspeakingautism #autism #autistic #autismempowerment #autisticadvocacy #nonspeakingdoesnotequalnonthinking #presumecompetence #typetocommunicate #aac #communication4all #c4aacademy #c4a #elizabethbonker #indiaautismcenter #inclusiveindia

?? Join Elizabeth Torres, PhD, and Elizabeth Bonker at the MAPS Medical?Spring 2025 Conference as they unveil their heart-rate variability project, Regulation 4 ALL. ?? ?? Thursday, March 13th ? 8:45am-9:30am ?? Myrtle Beach, SC One year after Elizabeth Bonker’s groundbreaking experiment on escaping fight-or-flight, she has teamed up with the Rutgers University Sensory Motor Integration Laboratory (SMIL) to launch Regulation 4 ALL, a program designed to detect autonomic dysregulation and identify personalized strategies for stability. This innovative, participant-centered research has already tracked 50 nonspeakers over three months, using heart rate variability (HRV) and facial micro-movements (FMS) to develop a first-of-its-kind app that non-invasively measures biorhythmic activity. ?? Dr. Torres has also created a course to educate families, clinicians, educators, and first responders on these research-backed methods for reducing stress and anxiety in neurodiverse individuals. Key Takeaways: ?? Understand the science behind micro-movements and biorhythmic activity ?? Learn how to identify dysregulation through physiological markers ?? Discover how to integrate Regulation 4 ALL into practice to support individuals and families ?? Don’t miss this incredible session, bridging cutting-edge research with real-world application! ?? Register at https://lnkd.in/eATzTSAd ? #MAPS2025 #Regulation4ALL #Neurodiversity #HRV #AutismResearch #PersonalizedMedicine #medMAPS #MAPSspring2025 #ElizabethBonker #ElizabethTorres #Communication4ALL

Emilia, thank you for the great honor! -Elizabeth Last Thursday, Emelia’s class was supposed to dress up as someone famous, and Emelia picked Elizabeth. ??

Our Executive Director Elizabeth Bonker will be presenting with Rutgers professor Elizabeth Torres PhD at the?MAPS Medical?conference in Myrtle Beach on Thursday, March 13th from 8:45am-9:30am. They will be presenting the preliminary results of their Regulation 4 ALL research study that is measuring heart rate variability and facial micro-movements with interventions over three months to determine regulation levels in 50 nonspeakers with Autism. The research is foundational for Elizabeth Bonker’s vision of providing a tool to get nonspeakers out of fight-or-flight that she presented at the 2024 MAPS conference. -C4A team Learn more and register here:

Our Executive Director Elizabeth Bonker will be presenting at the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)'s Annual Session & Exhibition conference in National Harbor, MD on Monday, March 10th from 8:30am-9:45am.? During Elizabeth's plenary session, titled "Beyond Words: Insights Into More Compassionate Practices," she will discuss the roles that dental professionals play in facilitating better medical care for all patients, including those who are neurodiverse. She will analyze the challenges faced by Autistic individuals, particularly nonspeakers, and identify strategies to promote inclusivity and understanding in society. Lastly, she will describe the role of nonprofit organizations like Communication 4 ALL in advancing the communication rights of nonspeaking individuals with Autism.? Register and learn more here: https://www.adea.org/2025 The oral health education community’s largest event returns! Join us March 8-11 at the 2025 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in National Harbor, MD. Be Inspired by colleagues and expand your perspective as we Empower Tomorrow for the future! #ADEA2025

?? Exciting Presentation at the MAPS Spring 2025 Conference! Join Elizabeth Torres, PhD, and Elizabeth Bonker as they unveil Regulation 4 ALL: Heart Rate Variability Project Launched. One year after Elizabeth Bonker’s groundbreaking experiment on escaping fight-or-flight, she has teamed up with the Rutgers University Sensory Motor Integration Laboratory (SMIL) to launch Regulation 4 ALL—a program designed to detect autonomic dysregulation and identify personalized strategies for stability. This innovative, participant-centered research has already tracked 50 nonspeakers over three months, using heart rate variability (HRV) and facial micro-movements (FMS) to develop a first-of-its-kind app that non-invasively measures biorhythmic activity. ?? Dr. Torres has also created a course to educate families, clinicians, educators, and first responders on these research-backed methods for reducing stress and anxiety in neurodiverse individuals. Key Takeaways: ?? Understand the science behind micro-movements and biorhythmic activity ?? Learn how to identify dysregulation through physiological markers ?? Discover how to integrate Regulation 4 ALL into practice to support individuals and families ?? Don’t miss this incredible session—bridging cutting-edge research with real-world application! Register at medmaps.org #MAPS2025 #Regulation4ALL #Neurodiversity #HRV #AutismResearch #PersonalizedMedicine #medMAPS #MAPSspring2025

Judith Heumann, I miss you every day. Love, Elizabeth

Last Friday, C4A concluded a very busy week in Kolkata with a visit to India Autism Center. After meeting India Autism Center (IAC) representatives at the PARIVAAR NCPO 30th National Parents Meet earlier in the week, Elizabeth and Ginnie record a podcast at IAC's professional studio. The C4A team then met with many IAC leaders, including CEO N. Jaishankar, and learned about IAC's plans to build a cutting-edge, affirming living facility for 100 individuals with autism who have high support needs called Samavesh, Hindi for "Inclusion." IAC has developed a teacher training program for Samavesh and we will work with them to include C4A Academy to teach nonspeaking residents how to type. We gave them our cardboard stencil sets to get started! Thank you, India Autism Center, for a lovely morning, for your thoughtful gifts, for presuming competence, and for fostering inclusion on all fronts for Autistic and Disabled people in India.