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SpeakAnyWayWords Within Reach
Words Within Reach · A SpeakAnyWay Community Initiative

Communication belongs where play happens.

Every child deserves to ask for “one more push” — right there at the swings, not from a sign by the gate.

The problem

The board is in the wrong place.

Most playground communication boards are one big sign bolted by the entrance. But kids don't only talk at the gate — they talk at the top of the slide and on the swing.

The old way

One board, by the entrance

Great — until a child is at the top of the slide and the words they need are forty feet away. So the board goes unused, and a kid gets left out of the moment.

The SpeakAnyWay way

Boards where kids actually play

Small, weatherproof boards placed right where kids play — at the slide, at the swings, at the climbers — each mounted to suit the space, and each with a QR code that opens the very same board, free, on any phone or tablet.

How it works

Talk in the moment. Take it home.

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Right where you play

A small board right where they're playing, so a child can point to “my turn,” “push,” or “stop” exactly when it matters.

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Scan to open it live

The QR opens the same board on any phone or tablet — with voice — so caregivers can join in too.

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Take it home, free

Keep using the board after you leave, or build your own for free at speakanyway.com. Works on any device.

Not a mockup

These boards are real, and live now.

Our first boards — “At the Slide” and “At the Swing” — are built and online. Every board on the playground is a real, working SpeakAnyWay board you can open, hear, and keep.

QR to a live board
Scan to try a real boardopens on any device · speakanyway.com
This isn't just for one kind of kid

Picture-based communication helps more children than you'd think — and putting it where they play means more of them get a voice at the park.

Autistic kidsDown syndromeCerebral palsyApraxiaLate talkersKids learning EnglishAnyone who communicates differently
Nominate a playground

Know a playground that needs this?

Tell us about it. We're building a map of the places where communication should live — one swing at a time.

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Thank you! 💜

We've got your nomination. We'll be in touch as the initiative grows in your area.

“I'm Brittany — a software engineer and a mom of two autistic boys. I built SpeakAnyWay so communication could go wherever life happens. Every child deserves to be understood — not just at home or in therapy, but on the playground too.”
— Brittany Johns, founder of SpeakAnyWay