Rachel Madel, M.A., CCC-SLP

She specializes in supporting nonspeaking individuals with assistive technology such as Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Rachel has a private practice in Los Angeles, where she works closely with parents and caregivers of learners by helping them weave simple communication strategies into daily life. These strategies are useful at home, at the playground, waiting in line at Target, and everywhere in between. Rachel also provides training and resources for speech therapists too. She is the host of a popular podcast, Talking with Tech, and has presented to over 40,000 clinicians both nationally and abroad on using technology to support children's communication. Her internationally-recognized podcast has over one million five hundred thousand downloads and listeners in over 103 countries. Rachel is dedicated to helping support educators and families in not giving up the belief that all individuals can learn how to communicate, which she believes is a basic human right everyone deserves.