Tag: AAC
Nurturing a child with ASD
As a mother of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and a specialist SEN teacher, Krista Dadford understands the joys and challenges of...
Augmenting lives
Liz Downes explains how a national charity is supporting the provision of special equipment and aids for living.
Helping people to see the person, not...
Top tips for AAC interactions
Sarah McPoland collates tips from AAC users for people who have not previously encountered AAC.
AAC is an abbreviation of Augmentative and Alternative Communication and...
AAC and exams
Saffron Murphy-Mann on practical access to exams for people who rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
AAC users may struggle with traditional exams due...
Communication byways
Tina Voizey gives some tips on speaking with someone who uses Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) describes methods of communication...
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Jenny Herd explains how non-verbal communication can be a vital skill.
Having a child with no functional speech creates challenges and issues that are not...
Looking forward with AAC
Beccy Timbers and Kate Duggan explore the difference communication aids can make to users’ everyday lives and future life chances
A dangerous assumption?
Joanna Grace provides a personal view on whether we should always presume capacity for young people with PMLD
I have often heard it said that...
Improving AAC provision
The I-ASC research team outline an ongoing study into providing appropriate communication aids for children who are non speaking
Janice Murray1, Yvonne Lynch1, Liz Moulam1, Stuart Meredith1, Juliet Goldbart1, Simon Judge2, Nicola Randall2, David Meads3, Edward Webb3, Stephane Hess3 and Helen Whittle1.
1Manchester Metropolitan University, 2Barnsley Assistive Technology Service – Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 3University of Leeds.
Finding a voice
Jenny Herd looks at the range of systems, from high-tech to no-tech, that help children without speech to communicate