The Family Center on Technology and Disability

Penny Reed, Ph.D., is the former director of the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI), who is now working as an independent assistive technology consultant and presenter. Dr. Reed has over 30 years of experience as a teacher, consultant and administrator. She has been instrumental to developing the thought process to support an evidence-based approach to determining which assistive technology is most effective.

Katya Hill, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is the Executive Director of the AAC Institute. She is also an Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Speech and Communication Studies at the Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (CATER) at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Hill has been instrumental in designing a model for applying evidence-based practice for users of augmentative and alternative communication devices.