Deirdre Galvin-McLaughlin, MS CCC-SLP is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist with clinical expertise in augmentative and alternative communication. She currently is a speech-language pathologist in the Jay S Fishman ALS Augmentative Communication Program. She also is an adjunct clinical supervisor/instructor at Boston University M.S. Speech-Language Pathology program where she has launched an infant-toddler AAC program in the Academic Speech-Language and Hearing Center. She previously worked at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR where she had a split role in clinical and research work related to AAC.

Clinically, she worked to provide care to children and adults with complex communication needs. She also contributed to research in the REKNEW lab (PI: Melanie Fried-Oken PhD CCC-SLP) investigating the effectiveness of novel brain computer interfaces for communication among other RERC on AAC related research projects. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief of USSAAC Speak Up! blog and as a committee member on the Communication Matrix Foundation.