Launchpads & Letterboards: Otto Lana’s Mission for AAC Acceptance
Episode 3: Launchpads & Letterboards: AAC Acceptance with Otto Lana
What’s Inside This Episode
In this episode, I’m chatting with Otto Lana, an 18-year-old motivational speaker, advocate, entrepreneur, and high school senior who communicates using AAC (augmentative and alternative communication). We cover AAC awareness, inclusion, and advocacy—and get into Otto’s powerful perspective on acceptance over awareness and his belief in spontaneous, authentic communication.
Episode Highlights
This week we talk about:
The importance of AAC and why Otto prefers the term “acceptance” over “awareness”
Otto’s journey as a neurodiverse communicator and advocate
What it means to be “fully AAC activated”—plus his unfiltered moonshot mindset
Otto shares how typing gave him a voice and led to his work as an intern, speaker, and business owner, and we dig into how you can embrace authentic communication and advocate for inclusion in your own community.
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🔗 Visit Otto’s Website → Otto’s Mottos
🔗 Follow Otto on Instagram → Otto Types
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