About CAN

Communication Access Now (CAN) is a national campaign to promote accessibility for people who have speech and language disabilities.

People who have speech and language disabilities can have major barriers accessing services because some people:

• may be afraid to talk to them
• think they are hard of hearing
• underestimate their abilities
• do not know how to communicate with them
• do not know simple things to do to provide access to their services

CAN provides information, education and resources about communication access for:

• Government, accessibility legislators and policy makers
• Businesses, organizations and community services
• People who have speech and language disabilities and their families
• Communication and disability services

CAN’s goal is to improve accessibility to goods, services and opportunities for all people who have speech and language disabilities.