AAC in a Nutshell
What Is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)?
Introduction
Who can benefit?
Support systems
Presumption of competence
What if a person is not able to point or to activate a device effectively?
Why Do We Need AAC?
The central importance of effective communication
Many people, many avenues to communication
TASH Resolution on the Right to Communicate
Also of interest is "A journey through early augmentative communication and computer access" by Gregg C. Vanderheiden, PhD, Professor, Industrial Engineering and Biomedical Engineering; Director, Trace R&D Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, appearing in the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Vol. 39 No. 6, November/December 2002, Supplement, Pages 39-53 and available online at http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/02/39/6/sup/vanderheiden.html. Vanderheiden is now Director of the Trace Center, and reported that the Center became part of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, in August, 2016 (http://trace.umd.edu/).
