John Costello is a speech language pathologist who for more than 36 years has specialized in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). He is the Director of the Augmentative Communication Programs and the Jay S. Fishman ALS Augmentative Communication Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. He started the first in the world dedicated pediatric acute care/intensive care bedside AAC Program, was invited by The Joint Commission to inform practice and help re-write national standards for hospitals supporting patients who are communication vulnerable. John pioneered the concept of pre-operative message banking and built on that model to create a proactive model of voice preservation through message banking, voice banking and double dipping for people living with ALS. His clinical work focuses on implementing and innovating technology and non-tech solutions and services to enhance communication success and quality of life of people living with ALS and their loved ones.
John completed his undergraduate work at Boston College and Graduate work at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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