KiwiChat goes Virtual
07 May 2020
Extraordinary times can result in innovative and new ways of working. This is certainly what has happened for the TalkLink team. Throughout Alert Levels 3 & 4 of the Covid19 response, the TalkLink team has been busy supporting our clients in new ways....
Our Ambassador Mke in Wellington
05 March 2020
Mke Ninces recently travelled to Wellington and while there, offered to wear her TalkLink Trust “ambassador hat” and meet two young TalkLink clients. ...
TalkLink Trust 2019 Annual Report
11 December 2019
Please click here to download the 2019 Annual Report. Mke Ninces, one of the TalkLink ambassadors wrote in the 2018 Annual Report: “I hope that we can all find the right words in 2019; After all, the TalkLink Trust is about communication and finding our voice is what we are here to achieve.” In this annual report, there are many examples of how people have overcome communicati......
Advocating for AAC
08 August 2019
Advocating for AAC Nathan Thompson is a 20-year-old young man who has high aspirations to support others just like him. To communicate, Nathan uses an eye gaze device with text to speech to type. He uses this to write emails, complete NCEA school work and like any other young adult, he is often scrolling through Facebook and Instagram. He first got this communication device fo......
TalkLink Trust 2018 Annual Report
11 December 2018
Please click here to download the 2018 Annual Report. The report outlines the last year which has been a challenging one. A big thank you to our ambassadors Mke and Geneva who have contributed articles to the Annual Report - they are worth a read!!...
AAC Awareness Month
04 October 2018
October is AAC awareness month. International AAC Awareness Month is celebrated around the world each October. The goal is to raise awareness of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and to inform the public about the many different...