Koppenhaver David A, Erickson Karen A, Vanderheiden Gregg C, Higginbotham D Jeffery, Mathy Pamela, Kraat Arlene, Reichle Joe, Mizuko Mark, Clendon Sally, Sutherland Dean, Sevcik Rose A, Romski MaryAnn
Department of Child Development, Literacy and Special Education, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA.
Department of Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Augment Altern Commun. 2024 Jun;40(2):69-73. doi: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2324259. Epub 2024 Mar 15.
On February 2 2023, one of the guiding lights in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for more than four decades, David E. Yoder, passed away at the age of 90. A voracious reader and gifted storyteller, David was particularly fond of a quote from George Bernard Shaw's , "You see things; and you say 'Why?' but I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'" That vision led him to take on multiple leadership roles and influence the field of AAC in multiple ways. He played a pivotal role in establishing both the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) and the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC). Additionally, he chaired the panel for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)'s inaugural Consensus Validation Conference on AAC, advocated for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to recognize AAC within the profession's scope of practice, and served as the first editor for the Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal. In this tribute, we describe David's diverse and unique contributions to improving the lives of people with communication challenges with a focus on some of his central insights and actions.
2023年2月2日，在辅助与替代沟通（AAC）领域引领方向四十多年的大卫·E·约德去世，享年90岁。大卫是一位求知若渴的读者和极具天赋的讲故事的人，他特别喜欢萧伯纳的一句话：“你看到事物，然后问‘为什么？’但我梦想从未有过的事物；然后我问‘为什么不？’”这种愿景促使他担任多个领导职务，并以多种方式影响AAC领域。他在创立国际辅助与替代沟通协会（ISAAC）和美国辅助与替代沟通协会（USSAAC）方面发挥了关键作用。此外，他担任了美国国家残疾与康复研究所（NIDRR）首届AAC共识验证会议的小组主席，倡导美国言语语言听力协会在该行业的实践范围内认可AAC，并担任《辅助与替代沟通》杂志的首任编辑。在这篇悼念文章中，我们将重点介绍大卫对改善有沟通障碍者生活所做出的多样而独特的贡献，以及他的一些核心见解和行动。
