The centre, along with other charities and specialist services across the country, had its government funding for AAC provision withdrawn in 2010.
The Government has yet to confirm how it intends to support the 26,000 children and adults in the UK who require ACC provision.
Since it opened in 1984, the ACE Centre has provided support for over 5,000 people, helping them to speak, write, access education and reach their full potential.
The centre also provided training and free information services for parents, carers and professionals within education and health services.
Bill Nimmo, chair of trustees of the ACE Centre, said, ‘Vital services like ours that provide so much support through high levels of expert knowledge and understanding of people’s needs cannot be allowed to close, and we ask the government to urgently review the sustainability of these essential services.
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