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This bill, the AACCENT Act (Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers to Establish National Training Act), aims to support national training, technical assistance, and resource centers to ensure that all individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities have access to the augmentative and alternative communication they need to interact with others, learn, work, socialize, and participate fully in life. The bill establishes a network of National Resource Centers on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, which will conduct priority activities to increase access to communication tools, build capacity, promote awareness of relevant laws and policies, support leadership and self-advocacy, improve data collection, and increase societal awareness. The bill provides grants to eligible entities, defined as partnerships of organizations with expertise in this area and significant involvement of individuals with communication disabilities.