Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Augmentative_and_alternative_communication> ?p ?o }
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication abstract "Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language. AAC is used by those with a wide range of speech and language impairments, including congenital impairments such as cerebral palsy, intellectual impairment and autism, and acquired conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. AAC can be a permanent addition to a person's communication or a temporary aid.Modern use of AAC began in the 1950s with systems for those who had lost the ability to speak following surgical procedures. During the 1960s and 1970s, spurred by an increasing commitment in the West towards the inclusion of disabled individuals in mainstream society and developing the skills required for independence, the use of manual sign language and then graphic symbol communication grew greatly. It was not until the 1980s that AAC began to emerge as a field in its own right. Rapid progress in technology, including microcomputers and speech synthesis, have paved the way for communication devices with speech output and multiple options for access to communication for those with physical disabilities.AAC systems are diverse: unaided communication uses no equipment and includes signing and body language, while aided approaches use external tools. Aided communication methods can range from paper and pencil to communication books or boards to devices that produce voice output (speech generating devices or SGD's)and/or written output. The symbols used in AAC include gestures, photographs, pictures, line drawings, letters and words, which can be used alone or in combination. Body parts, pointers, adapted mice, or eye tracking can be used to select target symbols directly, and switch access scanning is often used for indirect selection. Message generation is generally much slower than spoken communication, and as a result rate enhancement techniques may be used to reduce the number of selections required. These techniques include \"prediction\", in which the user is offered guesses of the word/phrase being composed, and \"encoding\", in which longer messages are retrieved using a prestored code.The evaluation of a user's abilities and requirements for AAC will include the individual's motor, visual, cognitive, language and communication strengths and weaknesses. The evaluation requires the input of family members, particularly for early intervention. Respecting ethnicity and family beliefs are key to a family-centered and ethnically competent approach. Studies show that AAC use does not impede the development of speech, and may result in a modest increase in speech production. Users who have grown up with AAC report satisfying relationships and life activities; however, they may have poor literacy and are unlikely to be in employment.The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities defines augmentative and alternative communication one of communications as well as display of text, large-print, tactile communication, plain language, accessible multimedia and accessible information and communications technology.".
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication thumbnail AAC_user_using_eye_gaze.JPG?width=300.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 36.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 5.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink finding_my_own_voice.html.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 04d_rateenhance.htm.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink RERC%20on%20Communication%20Enhancement%20eNews_%20What%20are%20visual%20scene%20displays.pdf.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink Looking-Through-Color-Lenses.aspx.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 2001-17960-006.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink RickCreech.html.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink atobv4n1articleSEVEN.pdf.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink newsletter_101.pdf.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink detail?accno=ED339152.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink detail?accno=EJ519939.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink vanderheiden.html.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink www.resna.org.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink books?id=bP4-aPXDjdMC&pg=PR67.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink Implications%20article.pdf.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink ?tag=mantle_skin;content.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink ogletree_harn.pdf.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink aac.17.3.179.195.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 07434619012331275444.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 07434618.2014.885080.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 07434618.2013.784930.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 07434618.2014.885080.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 11.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink McN_02_FT_Emp.pdf.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 1994-35341-001.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink rerc-aac.org.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink www.aacinstitute.org.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink AAC.htm.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink Augmentative-Communication-in-Practice.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink www.communicationmatters.org.uk.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink 71.htm.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink home.shtml.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink factors-in-uencing-ratings-of-speech-naturalness-in-augmentative-and-alternative-communication.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink memory-aids-as-an-augmentative-and-alternative-communication-strategy-for-nursing-home-residents-with-dementia.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink aac.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageExternalLink www.ussaac.org.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageID "2106968".
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageLength "122977".
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageOutDegree "170".
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageRevisionID "704300803".
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Alertness.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink American_Sign_Language.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink American_Speech–Language–Hearing_Association.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Android_(operating_system).
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Aphasia.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Applied_behavior_analysis.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Assistive_technology.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Autism.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Autocomplete.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Blissymbols.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Body_language.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Brainstem.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Category:Augmentative_and_alternative_communication.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Category:Speech_and_language_pathology.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Cerebral_palsy.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Challenging_behaviour.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Christopher_Nolan_(author).
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Christy_Brown.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Classical_Greece.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Classical_antiquity.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Cognition.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Communication.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Communication_efficiency.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Communicative_competence.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Computer_hardware.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Computer_mouse.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Convention_on_the_Rights_of_Persons_with_Disabilities.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Cultural_diversity.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink David_Beukelman.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Deaf_culture.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Dementia.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Developing_country.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Developmental_disability.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Developmental_verbal_dyspraxia.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Discourse.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Dysarthria.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Employment.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Environmental_control_device.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Environmental_factor.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Ethnic_group.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink European_Economic_Community.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Ewe_language.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Eye_tracking.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Facilitated_communication.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Family_centered_care.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink File:V_Max_speech_generating_device_with_headmouse_extreme_access.jpg.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Fingerspelling.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Gesture.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Global_Positioning_System.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Glossectomy.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Hearing_loss.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Inclusion_(disability_rights).
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Information_and_communications_technology.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink Intention_tremor.
- Augmentative_and_alternative_communication wikiPageWikiLink International_Journal_of_Language_&_Communication_Disorders.