A morning tea to be held this morning, Friday 7 October, at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga will highlight how people can communicate their thoughts, needs and choices without speech. Speech pathology students in their second year of study at CSU will host the morning tea with a difference, where fellow students, staff and members of the public to learn how to communicate – and order scones, cakes, fruit and savouries - using simple sign language, cards, computers and even iPhones. Staged as part of International Alternative and Augmentative Awareness Month, the event coordinator and CSU lecturer, Ms Libby Clark, is encouraging people to join her students in the Gums Café on the Albury-Wodonga Campus between 11am and 12.30pm. “We wanted to hold a fun and practical event to expand the world of people who have little idea of how those with little or no speech communicate.  Often people are anxious when they meet someone who communicates differently.  We want people to know it’s not that difficult and to have some fun while they learn. You never know when this experience might come in handy,” Ms Clark said.