Meet Cass

Cass Griffin Bennett

Autistic & ADHD mom of autistic kids. 

Empowering families to advocate for access and use of robust high-tech AAC and co-develop coregulation & self-regulation skillsets in authentic neuroaffirming ways via modeling without expectation. 

About Me:

My guiding goal in parenting is to raise my children to become their own best self-advocates. I take the same empowering approach working with families and providers. 

I am passionate about all things equity, early access to robust high-tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), and neuroscience-based regulation support guided by modeling without expectation.

I serve on the board of the Northwest Augmentative Communication Society (NWACS) and am an active volunteer with the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR). I have a career background in professional services business development and a degree in Psychology from Smith College. 

My Mission:

I know firsthand that AAC can change lives, both that of the person gaining access to robust communication and that of the family unit as a whole. I started my youngest child on robust high-tech AAC at age 2, without the support of our professional team. I stepped into the role of advocate, outreach and coach because I want parents to have a more connected, less isolated experience than we did. 

I hope that sharing my family’s Toddler AAC experience and supporting parents and early childhood service providers in the possibilities available to them will decrease gatekeeping and widen access and opportunity for nonspeaking kids. I want to empower parents to take an active role in their child’s AAC journey as well as be their biggest cheerleader in advocating for affirming access to education and supports.