Article | February 01, 1999They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, but We Did It Anyway Lyle L. Lloyd and Lisa Pufpaff Author Affiliations & Notes Lyle L. Lloyd Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Lisa Pufpaff Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN © 1999 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Augmentative & Alternative Communication / Articles Article | February 01, 1999 They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, but We Did It Anyway SIG 12 Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, February 1999, Vol. 8, 8-11. doi:10.1044/aac8.1.8 SIG 12 Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, February 1999, Vol. 8, 8-11. doi:10.1044/aac8.1.8 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Lloyd, L. L. & Pufpaff, L. (1999). They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, but We Did It Anyway. Perspect Augment Altern Commun, 8(1), 8-11. doi: 10.1044/aac8.1.8. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, but We Did It Anyway You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × In the 1977–1978 academic year, the first three courses in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) were taught at three Midwestern universities (Marquette University, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison). During the early 1980s, several other universities also started teaching AAC courses and, within a decade, some of us were talking about the need for more than one 2 to 3-credit hour course in AAC. However, many individuals, especially in speech-language pathology personnel preparation programs, were saying that there is not room enough for one 2 to 3-credit course to be offered and that there was no way a student could fit in more than 2 to 3 credits of AAC academic preparation if he or she wanted to meet all of the other requirements for licensure and/or certification. Some people said that there were too many courses already “required” to meet ASHA requirements for certification and that it would be impossible to add any more course work for those in professional preparation programs. First Page Preview × View Large Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, become a SIG affiliate, or purchase a short-term subscription. Become a SIG Affiliate Join a SIG Pay Per View Entire SIG 12 Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication content & archive 24-hour access $25.00 Buy Now This Issue 24-hour access $17.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $10.00 Buy Now Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account We've Changed Our Publication Model... The 19 individual SIG Perspectives publications have been relaunched as the new, all-in-one Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Learn more > Related Articles Related Topics Augmentative & Alternative Communication