Full Form of ACOLUG

What is ACOLUG Full Form?

ACOLUG is full form Augmentative Communication Online Users Group

What is Augmentative Communication Online Users Group?

Augmentative Communication Online User's Group (ACOLUG) is an Internet Listserv that allows users of augmentative communication and their families to communicate with each other and with professionals and students who are interested in augmentative communication. ACOLUG enables people who are separated by great geographic distances to "meet" and communicate with each other in a way that is convenient, comfortable and free!

ACOLUG, now in its 20th year has a diverse membership of more than 800 people from all states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, and from 16 countries. The membership is primarily individuals who use augmentative communication ranging in age from 7 years old to mature adults. Family members also play a key role on ACOLUG.

Founded and sponsored by Diane Nelson Bryen and hosted at Temple University, ACOLUG has become an international community for those who rely on AAC. ACOLUG’s mission is to provide a forum for AAC users to connect, support, and learn from each other. However, with funding from the RERC, ACOLUG has also become an effective forum for disseminating information about the work of the RERC on Communication Enhancement. Also, for the past 15 years, ACOLUG has been a place where paid staff and interns who use AAC are liaisons disseminating the often technical work of the RERC in user-friendly language to members of the ACOLUG community. Through this remote employment opportunity, interns who use AAC have learned how to be effective liaisons between the RERC and individuals who rely on AAC. Staff and interns include: Tracy Rackensperger, Ami Profeta, Kate May, and Tom Reed.