Chatting Independently Ltd. was set up by the patnership of David Morris, Anthony Robertson and Derek Robertson in May 2003. We were registered by the Commission of Social Care Insepection in November 2003 and received charitable status in May 2005.

Anthony Robertson has been registered by the Commission of Social Care Inspection as the Manager of The Bungalow. Anthony has Cerebral Palsy and uses various forms of communication aid systems from a low-tech 100 Blissymbol chart to a 600+ word board to a high-tech communication aid - The Pathfinder. He has had many years experience of employing his own facilitators as well as having a sound understanding of the need for good communication skills and good independent living skills. He has worked in the field of Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) for the past 14 years as an AAC Consultant organising training courses for People who use AAC and for those who support them. He is on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Augmentative Alternative Communication (ISAAC) as the representative of People who use AAC.

David Morris has been registered by the Commission of Social Care Inspection as the Responsible Person for The Bungalow. He is also a registered Independent Speech and Language Therapist and holds the Professional Certificate of Management from the Open University. He has worked as part of the rehabilitation teams in the Neurology and Neurosurgery units of Dundee Royal Infirmary where he had to help formulate discharge care plans affecting people's care needs with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. For about 10 years, he worked as a Speech and Language Therapist for a company which supplied communication aids when again he had to be aware of the care needs of individuals and how these care needs impacted on their family lives. He has worked and helped people with their personal care who have Cerebral Palsy who use various forms of augmentative communication.

Its primary aim is to train and support young people with a physical disability in the age range of 18-45 years in the use of various forms of Augmentative, Alternative Communication (AAC) and giving them the opportunity to learn to direct their own lives and become self-assertive and independent.

Our definition of being independent is to have the freedom of thought to be able to direct others to help a person to fulfil tasks which may otherwise be impossible for that person.