Communication 4 ALL

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Ensuring communication access to ALL nonspeakers with Autism and other conditions worldwide. Founded by Elizabeth Bonker. communication4all.org https://linktr.ee/communication4allorg

Poster for Autism Summit 2026. Light blue background with white stripes coming out from the center getting bigger as they reach the edge. Text colors are black, white, yellow, turquoise and blue. Poster includes yellow stars, a purple and white calendar with a purple heart in the middle, a purple heart-shapes speech bubble with a white keyboard inside, a blue speech bubble with a purple heart, a turquoise circle with two white hands and a heart in the middle, and a turquoise clip art globe.

Spellers Freedom Conference website. At the top image of people infornt of sunset with Spellers Freedom Conference below date and location: October 16-17 San Diego CA. Under video of conference site. Two buttons: Hotel reservations, Purchase tickets.

Ginnie, a white woman with dark brown hair, sits in a NBC newsroom with Elizabeth, a young white woman with long brown hair half-up-half down. A laptop computer is in front of them, with a blue news banner on the bottom that reads: NBC Daily Original: ADVOCATES SAY NEW YORK AMENDMENT THREATENS COMMUNICATION RIGHTS FOR NONSPEAKERS. Ginnie wears a black blazer, and Elizabeth wears a blue blazer with a silver pin and cross necklace. There are some plants on a shelf in the background.

Person types on a stencil.
Communication Is a Civil Right
- And Workers Know It Too
By Elizabeth Bonker and Marisa McClinton
May 14, 2026
For individuals, it is the difference between being understood or ignored - between being able to say "I'm in pain" or having no way to be heard.
For workers, it is the difference between doing their jobs safely and effectively-or being placed in situations that are unpredictable, escalating, and sometimes dangerous.
Continue reading at empirereportnewyork.com

Abby is on a billboard holding a sign that reads "Senator Fahy your amendments SILENCE ME." The rest of the billboard reads: "ABBY IS A NON-SPEAKER EXCLUDED FROM THE SENATE'S BILL. COMMUNICATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT. Restore S7792B. Paid for by Alliance Parent Group Of Albany and Andrew Fabrizio."

All four members of the Beatles: George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney, stand in a lush flower garden wearing vintage clothing. White text on top reads "We Want To Tell You, Hosted by Aiden Levy and Elizabeth Bonker." White "The Beatles Channel" and SiriusXM logos are on the bottom, with text "Ch. 18"

Blue background with white text: "Are you a speller or typer who wants to hone your self-advocacy skills? Communication 4 ALL is offering paid internships!" with a letterboard and a keyboard. An action bubble with a white background reads: "Now accepting applications: C4A Network I Summer Advocacy Internship Expand communication access where you live and beyond." A small action bubble reads "Apply by May 20th." Text on bottom: "Learn more and apply at: communication4all.org"

“HELP THIS REACH MORE PEOPLE” and “SHARING INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN THE DESCRIPTION” is with screenshots of an NBC News story titled “Families of nonspeakers push to protect their right to communicate” from May 6, 2026. The news banner reads “FIGHTS FOR RIGHTS: PUSH TO PROTECT NONSPEAKERS’ RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE.”
Screenshots:
1.) Abby types on a letter board “it was the best feeling.”
2.) News reporters
3.) Alex types on a keyboard “to be able to talk is a basic human right.”
4.) News story “Helen Keller's family members irate over changes to communication bill of rights proposal” from City & State New York, with “The proposed changes to the bill have also caused a rift between the chairs of the Assembly and Senate committees on disabilities.” "It has to be grounded in evidence-based practice," she said, adding that Medicaid eligibility requires that communication methods must be verified to belong to a patient.
5.) Government hall
6.) Senator Fahy
7.) Abby and mom converse with reporter

“Words from Elizabeth…” is overlaid. Elizabeth’s computer screen reads “Learning how to type changed everything. I was mainstreamed in public school and graduated from college. I have friends and meaningful work as an advocate. That is what I want for all nonspeakers. Freedom from the silent cage.” Elizabeth spelling as a child, receiving her college diploma, with Brooks, many typers with a NY State Senator, and Elizabeth in front of the Florida Capitol is overlaid. Text reads: “The New York Communication Bill of Rights was delayed in the Assembly today. There is still time to help! A7363C is Santabara's version of the bill that unanimously passed in the NY House in 2025. Call all the House members who weren't yet co-sponsors and ask them to sponsor it. NONSPEAKING NEW YORKERS ARE BEING ERASED FROM THEIR OWN BILL! CALL THE CO-SPONSORS, Ask them to DROP S7792C. Their phones need to be ringing off the hook! Visit SpellersFreedomFoundation.org for instructions on how to help.”

Assemblyman Santabarbara addresses the floor as “Urgent Action for Communication Bill of Rights” is overlaid. Stickers for government houses are shown, with a bill being signed with text “It’s a law.” Santabarbara is overlaid with “The New York State Assembly Communication Bill of Rights, A7363C,” followed by many advocates in Albany and “New York Assembly Vote Wednesday April 29th.” Senator Fahy frowns while “SHAME ON SENATOR PAT FAHY: She was influenced by special interests and added ableist language and then gutted the bill, S7792C” is overlaid. A7363C is followed by a screen recording of “SpellersFreedomFoundation.org,” followed by text “Co-Sponsor Vote YES Wednesday April 29th.” Elizabeth types as “No state agency can categorically deny an accommodation, and we demand our American with Disabilities Act rights. -Elizabeth Bonker Director of Communication 4 ALL” is overlaid. Elizabeth and Ginnie hug as “Please contact NY Assemblymembers NOW” is overlaid.

Santabarbara speaks on ABC News. Elizabeth types as “Day 26: NY Assembly: Pass A7363C this Wednesday 4/29!” overlays. Advocates stand in the NY Assembly room. Elizabeth’s computer reads: “The Communication Bill of Rights is critical for nonspeakers to be heard. The bill gives us a voice without mandates and requires no funding.” Elizabeth on the Assembly floor is overlaid with “In June 2025, the NY Assembly passed A7363C, the Communication Bill of Rights UNANIMOUSLY.” Santabarbara is overlaid with “Now, let’s make history again.” Elizabeth types as text is overlaid: “A7363C is up for a vote in the NY State Assembly AGAIN this Wednesday 4/29. Contact House Speaker Carl Heastie to thank him for his support: speaker@nyassembly.gov, 518-455-3791. Contact all non-sponsors of A7363C to ask them to co-sponsor it before 4/29. Details at: linktr.ee/communication4allorg.” Typers are overlaid with “Calling all typers to Albany: Wednesday 4/29! Email info@communication4all.org if you can come.”

Elizabeth types on a keyboard that Ginnie holds as “Day 25: Typers are Creative” is overlaid. Elizabeth’s book “I Am In Here” is on the bottom, as young Elizabeth is on the top, and her poem is scrolled up: “It’s not easy you see, it’s very hard being me. There is so much going on in my mind all of the time.” Elizabeth’s music album “I Am In Here” is on the bottom, then Elizabeth’s computer screen which reads the same words spoken, while black-and-white footage of The Bleeding Hearts in their recording studio is on the top. Tom Morello playing electric guitar is then shown on the bottom. Elizabeth and Ginnie hug at the end, as the following text is overlaid: “Let’s take a step to free nonspeakers from their silent cages in New York. Tell all NY State Senate co-sponsors of the poisoned Communication Bill of Rights to DROP THE BILL! Details at: linktr.ee/communication4allorg”

Young and current Elizabeth with family and friends, with “Day 24: Find Your Tribe.” Elizabeth types on a keyboard, with a photo of valedictorians, including her. Elizabeth and Virginia holding Elizabeth’s “Life is for Service” floral graduation cap and pose in a classroom. Elizabeth types at a conference table. Typers type in a government meeting room, with “Communication rights are under attack in the New York State Senate. Senator Fahy gutted the Communication Bill of Rights (S7792) by adding ableist language to it” overlaid. Elizabeth types with “Please ask all co-sponsors of S7792 to remove their co-sponsorship. Take Action at: linktr.ee/communication4allorg” overlaid. Elizabeth and Ginnie hug.

Grace Moskola, Associate Dean of Harvard Disability Access Office and Communication 4 ALL Board Director, speaks. Elizabeth types on a keyboard that Ginnie holds: “You can start to teach a nonspeaker to type today with our free resources on the Communication 4 ALL website. We have instructional videos, lessons, case studies and expert support for families and schools.” Videos of Judy Chinitz holding a letterboard instructionally with Elizabeth, a screen recording of C4A Academy’s Lessons page, young typer Leon typing on stencils, and a screenshot of the C4A Academy Community Facebook group and C4A Schools logos are overlaid. Last frames read: “Ready, Set, Go: How to get started in the caption.”

Scott Steindorf talks with Elizabeth before they hug, during a clip from the documentary “Understanding Autism”. Elizabeth then types on a keyboard that Ginnie holds. Her laptop screen reads “Communication gives us the ability to choose our own way. We can decide how to spend our day and have friendships. This is the basis for human agency and meaningful living in community.” Photos of Elizabeth typing, with friends, and at graduation with family and friends are overlaid. Elizabeth and Ginnie hug as “Let’s give all nonspeakers agency with typing” is overlaid.

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara speaks at a podium in the NY Assembly hall, as a keyboard, letterboard, AAC device, and ASL signed using the sign language alphabet, a photo of Elizabeth and Santabarbara, and a video of Elizabeth typing in a gym conference setting are overlaid. Photos of people holding stencils, Elizabeth at her graduation, and Elizabeth with an “I voted” sticker, Elizabeth typing to a politician, Woody, Elizabeth, David, Hari, and Dan graduating, and Elizabeth presenting at a conference are shown. The Communication Bill of Rights is overlaid, as Ginnie and Elizabeth hug, with text overlaid: “Please contact Senator Fahy and ask her to restore the Communication Bill of Rights to its previous version, S7792B.”

Elizabeth types on a keyboard that Ginnie holds. Her laptop screen reads: “Evidence-based practice is used as a weapon against nonspeakers to deny us our rights, and it is a false claim. Evidence-based practice has three components: clinical expertise, patient preference, and research. We have all three and demand to be considered evidence-based.” As Elizabeth continues to type, screenshots of the studies are shown, along with footage from the eye tracking study, photos of Dr. Elizabeth Torres and Elizabeth and Ginnie presenting on a stage, and photos of 5 typers typing with their communication partners, with text “We are the evidence.” Elizabeth and Ginnie hug at the end, with text: “Can’t argue with science!”

George H.W. Bush gives a speech at a podium. On the top, Elizabeth types on a keyboard as Ginnie holds it, as photos of Elizabeth and Caden advocating for nonspeakers in Washington DC with various Senators and Representatives are shown on the bottom, along with a collage of nonspeakers. Footage of the Section 504 protest with Judy Heumann is shown, in which many people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids are picketing and taking space in government buildings. Photos of Elizabeth and Judy Heumann are then shown with Elizabeth typing. Braille and sign language alphabets are followed by Elizabeth concluding her typed thoughts on the computer screen. The Communication is a Human Right and Communication 4 ALL logos appear at the end.

Elizabeth stands at a podium to give her valedictorian address, which the first sentence is from. She then types on a keyboard that Ginnie holds, with camera shots from the front and back. Photos and videos of Elizabeth at her graduation and with her parents, family, friends, and fellow typers are shown below, along with other footage of Elizabeth typing at an event in India. Open captions appear in the middle to accompany Elizabeth’s text-to-speech.

6 yellow 26-letter stencils surround blue and orange text that reads "They can't speak, but they can point, and that means everything."

Pink background with grey letters and red infinity symbol. Black playful text reads: 'Neurodivergent Plays presents Love Letters: A True-ly Short Epistolary Romance (Giving Voice to Autistic Nonspeakers) Written by Sofia Ghassaei, Directed by Jamie Lazan'. Below: 'Tickets available at [QR code] www.neurodivergentplays.com. Performs live on April 19th at 4:30pm. Brooklyn Art Haus 24 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY'. Neurodivergent Plays and Brooklyn Art Haus logos on bottom.

Communication 4 ALL and Mount Carmel Baptist Church "Where Everybody is Somebody" logos on top. Orange background with white text reads “Presentation and Q&A about typing to communicate.” A white person’s hand types on a keyboard in a circle on the top right. 6 photos of Black people using stencils to type to communicate in center. Navy background with white text on bottom reads “Saturday, February 28th, 5:30pm, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 367 Keans Neck Road, Seabrook, SC 29940.”

South Carolina Occupational Therapy Association 2026 Annual Conference! Stronger Together: Collaborate, Connect, Create. Elizabeth Bonker, a nonspeaker advocate with Autism, will share her story, experiences, and how she is helping many nonspeakers with Autism communicate today! REGISTRATION CLOSES 2/20/26. www.SCOTA.net, February 27 & 28, 2026, Hyatt Place and Hyatt House Charleston, Historic District, 560 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403. adminscota@gmail.com, scotavicepresident@gmail.com

Elizabeth poses with Bob Asztalos in an indoor space as they shake hands. Elizabeth holds her iPad and wears an orange Communication 4 ALL shirt, black suit, and Autism Society of Florida pin. Bob Asztalos is an older white man wearing a blue suit and tie.

Elizabeth types with one finger on her iPad as Ginnie holds it. Representative Chuck Brannan, an older white man in a suit and glasses, overlooks Elizabeth’s shoulder to read what she is typing. Many other people congregate in the room around them.

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, a white-masc-presenting person wearing a brown jacket and a blue tie, sits in an ABC News 10 newsroom. A blue banner on the bottom with white text reads "Every person has the right to be heard."

Elizabeth Bonker and Aiden Levy's headshots are on either side of "The Beatles Channel, only on SiriusXM" logos. Blue banner with white text reads "We Want To Tell You." A record is on the bottom with a letterboard and microphone. White text reads "A monthly show hosted by two Nonspeakers with Autism who love The Beatles! Using text-to-speech technology, they share their enthusiasm with their own unique voices, heard across the nation! Listen at https://sxm.app.link/WeWantToTellYou"