Kathy Howery began her career nearly fourty years ago focusing on finding ways for students with the most complex needs share their voices in the world. From 2004 to 2008 she led the Alberta Assistive Technology for Learning Initiative. She has developed and taught graduate level courses in Assistive Technology, Inclusive Education, Universal Design for Learning, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Her research focuses on using phenomenological methods to explore the lived experience of young people who speak with (or through) speech generating devices. Kathy is incoming President of ISAAC Canada and a past board member of the Alberta Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children. She has held positions on the Inclusive Learning Network of the International Society of Technology in Education (ILN/ISTE), and on the leadership team of the Universal Design for Learning -Implementation Research Network (UDL-IRN). Kathy provides ongoing consultation to Alberta school jurisdictions in the areas of UDL, special education, and supporting children and youth developing communication, language, and literacy. Currently Kathy has developed an online certificate for teaching students with complex communication needs (CCN) and is a member of the Alberta Low Incidence Collaborative Supports team with primary responsibility in the area of CCN.