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In 2011 DEAL Communication Centre was renamed the Anne McDonald Centre, and its website was relaunched as www.annemcdonaldcentre.org.au.
What the Anne McDonald Centre does
The Anne McDonald Centre provides assessment and therapy for people -- any age, any diagnosis --with little or no functional speech.
If clients' speech needs augmentation, we find communication aids they can use. Then we teach these clients and their support teams how to use their new voices. Read more...
Download our brochure for more information.
Who comes to the Anne McDonald Centre?
Anyone who can’t speak – including people with diagnoses of
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Intellectual disability, Rett syndrome, ABD, MND, MS, CVA, for starters...
← Here's Anne receiving her National Disability Award from Bill Shorten and Jenny Macklin in 2008.
WHAT'S NEW - There's been a vicious attack on Anne McDonald, Rosemary Crossley, and the Centre in the Melbourne Herald-Sun. Our response is here.
What the Anne McDonald Centre offers
- Communication therapy throughout Victoria
- Communication consultancy across Australia
- Communication leadership across the world
The Right to Communicate
Everyone – everyone – who cannot speak should have the means and the opportunity to communicate in another way. Read more...
How you can help
Breaking the silence
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