Creator of Grid 3 and Look to Learn 👀 Provider of world-class support 🌎 Inventor of Grid Pad AAC devices 💡
Great Malvern and Bristol
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Help shape our future with the Smartbox Survey 2024🔮
Whether you use AAC, support someone who does, or are a professional in the field, we want to hear from you!
Find more and complete the survey👉bit.ly/smartbox-survey-2024
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Our 2024 Communication Matters talks!
💬Developing a new vocabulary system for people with aphasia
✨The Grid Pad 13 design process revealed
🔎Exploring factors leading to AAC abandonment
More about what we'll be sharing at this year's conferencence👉bit.ly/communication-matters…
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The UK offices will be closed on Monday 26th August for the Bank Holiday🌞
Our US Support Team will be available from 2pm - 11pm BST (9am - 7pm EDT)
Have a good weekend!🙂
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Enter our Mind’s Eye competition for a chance to have your artwork displayed at @Comm_Matters conference🎨
Create an AI image using the Mind’s Eye accessible app inspired by the theme of 'Empowerment'
More details on how to share an image from Mind’s Eye👉bit.ly/minds-eye-competition…
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Our 2024 @Comm_Matters talks!
💬Developing a new vocabulary system for people with aphasia
✨The Grid Pad 13 design process revealed
🔎Exploring factors leading to AAC abandonment
Learn more about what we'll be sharing at this year's conference👉bit.ly/communication-matters…
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Try creating a visual scene with hotspots this summer!🌞
#SLT and Clinical #AAC Specialist Becky shares how these can be especially engaging for early emerging communicators due to the instant cause-and-effect.
Learn more in our latest blog post👉bit.ly/boosting-conversation…
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September is fast approaching, which means @Comm_Matters is right around the corner!✨
We’re thrilled to announce that we'll be presenting a number of talks and workshops at this years event, as well as introducing the Smartbox Discovery Room💭
Stay tuned for more details...
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Summer holidays are perfect for exploring the "Can I show you my photos" grid in Voco Chat!🌞
#SLT Becky shares how photos can enhance #AAC conversations.
Read the full blog👉bit.ly/boosting-conversation…
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Each part of the flag represents an aspect of disabled identities👇
💚Green: sensory disabilities
💙Blue: emotional and psychiatric disabilities
🤍White: non-visible and undiagnosed disabilities
💛Yellow: neurodiversity
❤️Red: physical disabilities
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We asked our AT specialists their Eye Gaze top tips!✨
🔹Angle the device correctly
🔹Embrace making big adjustments
🔹Use the video feed feature
🔹Manual calibration
🔹Focus on the outcome
Discover more tips in our latest blog post 👉bit.ly/Smartbox-eye-gaze-tip…
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We're hiring!✨
Explore our careers page to see if there’s a role for you👉bit.ly/Smartbox-join-our-tea…
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Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth🙌
July is the perfect time to amplify voices, share stories, and continue advocating for inclusion and accessibility for all.
Join us in celebrating this month!✨
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#Throwback to last week at The #Autism Show Birmingham!✨
Thanks to everyone who came to meet us🙌
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#PrideMonth is the perfect time to highlight how important it is for AAC users to have access to inclusive language🏳️🌈✨
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Looking to enhance communication in your school?📚
Smartboxer Kim previously specialised in implementing #AssistiveTechnology in schools shares 4 simple changes to enhance communication in your school in our latest blog post👉bit.ly/Smartbox-integrating-…
ALT Grid being used on an iPad in a classroom setting. The text reads '4 simple changes to enhance communication in your school' and the words 'blog post' are in a orange circle. At the bottom is a picture of Smartboxer Kim with text reading 'from Kim Lawther, AAC Training Specialist'
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#Throwback to The #Autism Show last week!
We had a great time sharing insights, meeting loads of you and exploring the show✨
Thanks to everyone who came to meet us🙌
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Look out for us at The #Autism Show Birmingham next Friday and Saturday!
Come and meet our team at stand A9 and head to The Hub: Theatre 2 on Friday at 1:20PM to hear from AT Specialist, Tash📢
We also have 20 free tickets with code BWZ91 at checkout👉bit.ly/the-autism-show-birmi…
ALT A graphic for The Autism Show in Birmingham on June 21-22. Features a Smartbox booth, speaker named Natasha (AT Specialist), and a talk on tips for conversation partners working with Gestalt Language Processors on June 21, from 13:20 to 13:40. Stand A9.
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The 4th of July is a UK #GeneralElection
It’s important for everyone to vote and have their voice heard, including those with complex communication and access needs📢
We'll be sharing resources and raising awareness about disabled people's right to vote.
See key dates below👇
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ALT The top left section reads, "Tuesday 18 June, Deadline to register to vote in person at a polling station," with a green envelope icon. The bottom section reads, "Wednesday 19 June, Deadline to register to vote by post," with a form icon.
ALT A graphic highlighting that “Wednesday 26 June Deadline to register to for a proxy vote” with an illustration of a hand placing a ballot in a box. In the bottom left the text reads “Wednesday 26 June Deadline to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate”
ALT Image with text explaining information about polling day. The text reads: "Thursday 4 July. Polling day. If you are voting in person at a polling station you can find out more about what to expect with My Vote, My Voice. Whatever way you choose to vote, you are making sure your voice is heard!”
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FREE #AAC and #AssistiveTechnology courses!
To celebrate Smartbox Academy’s 1st birthday, we’re offering all our paid courses for FREE for 1 DAY ONLY🥳
But don’t rush! You can still complete them at your own pace after enrolling👉bit.ly/smartbox-academy
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Come and meet us at The #Autism Show London next week (stand D5)!🙌
Don’t miss Jay's talk on tips for conversation partners working with #GestaltLanguageProcessors Fri at 3:15PM in The Hub: Theatre 2.
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Happy #Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
This year, we're highlighting the importance of #inclusive vocabulary in #AAC, here's where you can find some in Grid👇
🌈Voco Chat - Relationships grid
✨Super Core - Relationships grid
💖All about Pride - available on Online Grids
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Come and meet us at Communication Works South next week!😀 @CENMAC
AT Specialist Jay will be at the Smartbox stand to answer all your questions - get your free ticket👉cenmac.com/cw2024
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Grid Pad 13 comes with our Remote Power Button for added independence and access! 🌟
Use it to:
🔹Power on your device
🔹Restart your device
🔹Set up switches away from your device
Explore ways to use your Remote Power Button👉bit.ly/grid-pad-13-remote-po…
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Did you know the new Grid Pad 13 includes two mini personal speakers? 🔊
These speakers are perfect for discrete audio feedback and for anyone using switch scanning in Grid✔️
Explore other ways you can use personal speakers👉bit.ly/personal-speakers-on-…
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Come and visit us at The #Autism Show Manchester! (Stand C4)🙌
Look out for Graeme in The Hub: Theatre 2 on Saturday sharing tips for conversation partners working with #GLP. We also have 20 free tickets! Use code MPD28 at checkout: bit.ly/the-autism-show-manch…
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Happy #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay!✨
Our technology makes it possible for people to communicate using access methods tailored to their individual needs - whether it's eye gaze, a head mouse, pointing device, switch, joystick, touch screen with a key guard or a combination👀
Today is #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay 👍💜
#GAAD #Accessibility #Disability #Inclusion #WebsiteAccessibility
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Are you an #AAC user located in the UK?
We’re looking for AAC users who have #MND or other acquired conditions, and are willing to share how they use AAC to compose speech in an on camera interview.
Fill out the form to find out more and take part👉bit.ly/Smartbox-user-intervi…
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Today marks the beginning of Learning At Work Week!🎓
To celebrate, we've launched 5 new free courses on Smartbox Academy!✨
Head to the course catalogue to start learning👉bit.ly/Academy-course-catalo…
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‘This device has already changed the way I communicate in the sun with ease!’
Australian AAC user @NoahCallan is loving his Grid Pad 13, perfect for sunny days down under🌞
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We'll be at @kidztoadultz South tomorrow! Come and see the latest Grid Pad and meet our amazing team at Stand F20 🙌
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As #Autism Acceptance Month comes to an end, we have highlighted some achievements within the autism community, to amplify a range of autistic voices, in one of our recent blog posts✨
Discover some incredible voices within the autism community👉bit.ly/Celebrating-Autism-Ac…
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We’ve had an amazing two weeks showcasing the Grid Pad 13 to customers across the UK, in Leeds, London, and Malvern!✨
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us and shared valuable insights and feedback🙌
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Introducing touch and eye gaze accessible Smart Buttons!✨
James and Aparna are here to demo this exciting feature of Grid Pad 13🎉
How will you use your Smart Buttons?
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Did you know that 30% of autistic children may not develop spoken communication?
There are a variety of reasons someone might be non-speaking, but it’s important to remember that doesn't mean they cannot understand language💙
#AutismAcceptance
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Want to learn more about our latest Grid Pad?🤔
Join Smartboxers Dan and Emma as they unpack the latest features, share insights from our AAC user testers, and learn about how you can try the Grid Pad 13.
Book your spot for free👉bit.ly/Get-to-know-Grid-Pad-…
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Grid Pad 13 has so many new features!
Introducing
🙌The largest second screen yet
🔊Two personal speakers for voice reproduction
👀New eye gaze accessible Smart Buttons
✨A sleek new design
Explore more features of the latest Grid Pad here👉bit.ly/Smartbox-Grid-Pad-13
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Today is World Voice Day!
At Smartbox we believe that everybody has the right for their voice to be heard💬
#AAC can support people with limited or no speech to express their thoughts and feelings, ask for information and share stories📚
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Our Grid for iPad 50% off discount starts today!✨
You have until April 21 to secure this limited offer - available in the US, UK and Ireland⏳
More info👉bit.ly/50-off-grid-for-ipad
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Grid Pad 13 has the largest second screen of any AAC device on the market - the perfect way to express yourself with Symoji!😀
A new ultra-wide viewing angle and daylight bright screen ensures your message is clear from any angle or when you’re in a noisy environment🙌
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We’re celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with a recap from our Spotlight on Gestalt webinar✨
Read our most recent blog for insights from Abbey Warner MA, CCC SLP and Melanie Gylling MA, CCC SLP and to gain access to the full webinar👉bit.ly/spotlight-on-gestalt-…
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Introducing Grid Pad 13!✨
With four times more power, this sleek new design brings you a fully featured communication aid ready to use with any type of access method, including eye gaze technology.
Discover the all-new Grid Pad 👉 bit.ly/Smartbox-Grid-Pad-13
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We've got a new version of Voco Chat, designed for AAC users with visual impairments. This vocabulary uses PCS high contrast symbols with bright colours and minimal details.
Explore what else is new in Grid👉bit.ly/grid-update-91-releas…
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We’re celebrating World @Autism Acceptance Week with 50% Grid for iPad from 15 April - 21 April to make the app more accessible to families, individuals and schools. Grid for iPad can be used to support people with autism in many ways.
bit.ly/50-off-grid-for-ipad
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Get ready for Easter weekend with some fun activities in Grid! 🐣🐰
Some of our favourite grid sets are:
✨Easter word list
✨All About Easter
✨Easter Jokes
✨Easter Wordsearches and Crosswords
Search ‘Easter’ in Online Grids to try them out!
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We’re celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with a limited-time 50% Grid for iPad discount! 😁
This limited offer will be available from Monday, 15 April - Sunday, 21 April in the US, UK and Ireland.
Find out more info and ways to buy here: bit.ly/50-off-grid-for-ipad
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We recently donated a Grid Pad 12 to Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Northern Laos @fwabnyc
Read about SLT @DangerOT's visit, where he met Amone, a young girl with cerebral palsy. She was the first to try eye gaze and sparked excitement immediately: bit.ly/donating-an-aac-devic…
ALT Staff at the Lao Friends Hospital for Children with a Grid Pad 12.
ALT Charlie Danger with a young girl and her Grandmother, looking at a Grid Pad 12.
ALT Staff at the Lao Friends Hospital for Children taking a picture of a Grid Pad 12.
ALT Charlie Danger, a young girl and her Grandmother playing Look to Learn on a Grid Pad 12.
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#Throwback to last week's amazing day at @kidztoadultz Middle!
We loved meeting Oakley again and hearing all about how he is getting on with his Grid Pad
10s. A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by
our stand 🙌
📸@kidztoadultz
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We recently donated a Grid Pad 12 to Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Northern Laos @fwabnyc
Read about SLT @DangerOT's visit, where he met Amone, a young girl with cerebral palsy. She was the first to try eye gaze and sparked excitement immediately: bit.ly/donating-an-aac-devic…
ALT Staff at the Lao Friends Hospital for Children with a Grid Pad 12.
ALT Charlie Danger with a young girl and her Grandmother, looking at a Grid Pad 12.
ALT Staff at the Lao Friends Hospital for Children taking a picture of a Grid Pad 12.
ALT Charlie Danger, a young girl and her Grandmother playing Look to Learn on a Grid Pad 12.
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Become a confident and supportive communication partner with the Simple #AAC framework!
Book your spot for our upcoming live workshop with Smartboxers and SLPs, Alicia and Melanie, to learn useful techniques from the framework developed by Daisy Clay(SLP):bit.ly/Simple-AAC-live-works…
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