Augmentative and Alternative Communication¶
Beukelman, & Mirenda. (2012). Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Supporting Children and Adults with Complex Communication Needs. Brookes Publishing.
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- Expressive Language
- A person whose expressive channel is impaired but whose comprehension is intact — a nonspeaking child with cerebral palsy or severe childhood apraxia, or an adult with ALS such as Stephen Hawking, who retained full comprehension and cognition after losing intelligible speech — is fitted with a speech-generating device or symbol board that provides an alternative output medium (eye-gaze, switch, or touch selection driving synthesized speech)
This sourceThe standard AAC textbook, covering alternative access and symbol or speech-generating output for people whose speech rather than comprehension has failed, in both developmental cases and adults with acquired physical conditions; the Stephen Hawking illustration is the article's own.
- A person whose expressive channel is impaired but whose comprehension is intact — a nonspeaking child with cerebral palsy or severe childhood apraxia, or an adult with ALS such as Stephen Hawking, who retained full comprehension and cognition after losing intelligible speech — is fitted with a speech-generating device or symbol board that provides an alternative output medium (eye-gaze, switch, or touch selection driving synthesized speech)
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