Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is communication for those with impairments or restrictions on the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
Augmentative and alternative communication is any method that supplements or replaces speech and writing when these are temporarily or permanently impaired and inadequate to meet all or some of a person's communication needs. Use of AAC involves selecting messages or codes f...
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Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is communication for those with impairments or restrictions on the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
Augmentative and alternative communication is any method that supplements or replaces speech and writing when these are temporarily or permanently impaired and inadequate to meet all or some of a person's communication needs. Use of AAC involves selecting messages or codes from a set of possibilities. The user can use these elements alone or in combination in order to communicate a variety of messages. AAC may be unaided, or aided, involving high and low technology.
Unaided AAC systems are those that do not require any external device for their use, and include facial expression, vocalizations, gestures, and signed languages and systems. Informal vocalizations and gestures such as body movements, facial expressions, and body postures are part of natural communication, and such signals may be used by those to...
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