We are pleased to welcome Meaghan Ebbage-Taylor as a Teach Us Too ambassador. Through her work as a Senior AAC Consultant at Ace Centre, Meaghan supports schools and professionals to create meaningful communication and literacy opportunities for learners who use AAC. With extensive experience across both mainstream and specialist education, she brings deep expertise and a strong commitment to ensuring that pupils with speech, language and communication needs are not excluded from ambitious literacy teaching.

am a Senior AAC Consultant at Ace Centre, an organisation specialising in assessment, training, resources, and ongoing support in assistive technology and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Our work empowers individuals of all ages to communicate, learn, and live with greater independence.

Before joining Ace Centre, I spent more than ten years teaching across both mainstream and special education. During that time, I supported pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Needs using both paper-based and electronic AAC systems. I am a committed advocate for high-quality literacy instruction for all learners, regardless of their level of need, and believe every learner should have the opportunity to learn to read and write. Central to my work is the importance of presuming competence.

I now work closely with schools, delivering training designed to equip educators to provide robust, progressive literacy education for every learner. I am also a founding member of the Alliance for Inclusive Literacy, a collective of organisations united in ensuring that all learners can access meaningful literacy opportunities.

In addition, I serve on the core group for AAC Exam Access, a UK-wide network of practitioners with direct experience supporting AAC users of all ages through tests and examinations. The group shares best practice, develops national guidance, and explores real case studies from schools and services.

I am the co-author of AAC and Aided Language in the Classroom, where I draw on my own experience to share practical strategies that build practitioners’ confidence and support them to provide universal support for learners with Speech, Language and Communication Needs. My work focuses on helping teams overcome barriers and successfully implement AAC in everyday practice.