The AGOSCI Award for Service to AGOSCI
This award is intended to honour someone who has made an outstanding contribution to our group. If an Award is conferred, it will be presented during the AGOSCI National Conference. Nominators and seconders must be financial members of AGOSCI. Nominees also need to be members.
2007 - Karen Bloomberg
2007 - Hilary Johnson
2009 - Jane Farrall
2011 - Sally Hunter
2013 - Melissa Bakes
2015 - Janelle Sampson
2017 - Wendy Webster
2019 - Diane Symons
2019 - Yvette Theordorsen
2022 - Dr Sheridan Forster
The AGOSCI Award for Service to Australian AAC
This award is intended to honour someone who has made an outstanding contribution to our industry. If an Award is conferred, it will be presented during the AGOSCI National Conference. Nominators and seconders must be financial members of AGOSCI. Nominees need not be members.
2007 - Gayle Porter
2009 - Melinda Smith
2011 - Anne McDonald
2011 - Rosemary Crossley
2013 - Jane Farrall
2015 - Meredith Allan
2017 - Denise West
2019 - Ella Keesing
2022 - Louise Dunn
The AGOSCI/Key Word Sign Australia Karen Bloomberg Award
The 2022 award, the inaugural award, will be presented in honour of the late Karen Bloomberg. Karen was an AGOSCI founder, and a pillar of the Australia AAC community. It will be awarded to a person who has demonstrated a high level commitment to low tech/unaided AAC in Australia, in the areas of research, implementation, or practice.
2022 - Elizabeth (Libby) Brownlie
Nomination forms for 2025 AGOSCI Awards
Award nominations open on December 6th. Nomination forms will be live then.
The AGOSCI Award for Service to AGOSCI