We got back last Friday from the biennial statewide UAAACT conference and I wanted to share a few things we learned at the conference. So the next few blog posts will deal with things we learned at the conference. This particular blog post deals with UAAACT changing its name to UATT.
First of all, this conference marked 25 years of UAAACT in the state of Utah! UAAACT was originally adapted from the SWAAAC model in Colorado and has been a collaborative partnership between several Utah state agencies, programs, and most Utah school districts, with the aim of providing high quality assistive technology evaluations to students with disabilities in Utah. 25 years is an impressive milestone and speaks to the lasting quality of this impressive program in the state.
But the big news from the conference was that the UAAACT leadership council has decided to change the project name from UAAACT to UATT. UATT is an acronym for Utah Assistive Technology Teams. Nobody could keep all the A's straight in UAAACT, so they decided it was time to shorten it. Nothing else has changed, just the name. UATT will continue to provide an important service to Utah students for years to come. I can't wait to see what they change the name to at the 50th conference!
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