Megan R
Chantelle Parra2024-07-11T15:38:46-07:00At the time of filming, Megan had been using a CAYA iPad with TouchChat for about one year. In this video, her CAYA SLP, Tiffany, [...]
July 2024
January 2024
Al Daly
Chantelle Parra2024-01-26T11:15:22-08:00My name is Al Daly. I have ALS, a progressive neurological disease, and can no longer communicate with my own voice. During the earlier stages [...]
Abby
Chantelle Parra2024-01-26T11:11:09-08:00Hi there, this is Abby’s communication story. Before we met with the team from CAYA, we were using the Picture Exchange Communication system and had [...]
May 2023
Jan
Aftaab Gulam2024-08-14T09:51:59-07:00Hi, my name is Jan Bruce. In 2012 I diagnosed with a progressive degenerative neurological disease. I was referred to CAYA in 2013 when my [...]
August 2022
Okanagan Chat Room BBQ June 2022
Lois Turner2022-08-14T13:20:49-07:00AAC users from across the Okanagan gathered at Spirit Square on Peach Orchard Beach in Summerland in June to celebrate being together again with food, [...]
February 2022
Genevieve
Lois Turner2022-08-14T13:21:10-07:00Hello, I am writing to share a recent experience with CAYA services. My daughter uses an Accent communication device. Throughout her adult life we have [...]
CC Nanaimo Poem About Fall
Lois Turner2022-08-14T13:21:20-07:00Our Poem about Fall Fall is… once a year. Fall feels… breezy and cold. Fall smells… nice and stinky. Fall brings… mushrooms, rainpants and Halloween. [...]
CAYA Letter from Team Dec 2021
Lois Turner2022-08-14T13:21:29-07:00Dear Jan and Rheanne and William, Thank you for all of your assistance to Jenny and me through these four difficult years. As the ALS [...]
BC Chat Room Oct 2021
Lois Turner2022-08-14T13:21:37-07:00“For years, regional CAYA teams have hosted local, monthly communication groups. When most of us started to go virtual in 2020, we asked ourselves, what [...]
January 2021
Sara
Lois Turner2021-07-11T18:02:03-07:00Hi, my name is Sara, and I live in Kelowna. I was diagnosed with ALS in late January 2020 after noticing that my speech was [...]