Tag: AAC

Beccy Timbers and Kate Duggan explore the difference communication aids can make to users’ everyday lives and future life chances

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.

Jenny Herd looks at the range of systems, from high-tech to no-tech, that help children without speech to communicate

Finding the right assistive solutions for those with CP should start with what they want to achieve, write Helen Cronshaw and Hannah Golding

Thousands of children may be missing out on the right to communicate. Cathy Harris assesses the implications of a landmark AAC report