AAC Text Messaging

Williams, Michael; Beukelman, David R.; Ullman, Cara

doi:10.1044/aac21.2.56

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“…28 Information and communication technologies have provided important options for a variety of AAC users. [36][37][38] For in-person interactions, writing or typing in advance and then showing the results to conversational partners is one option. 15 Writing in the moment is another.…”

Section: Speech For Autistic Adultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Speaking Autistic Adults: Overview and Recommendations

Hillary

DaltonElizabeth

2019

Autism in Adulthood

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In recent years, technologies used for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have seen increasing development and availability. As a result, more and more autistic people are using AAC. With the increased use of AAC by autistic people, research on autism and AAC has also increased. However, the vast majority of this research focuses on nonspeaking autistic children. AAC use by autistic adults and by speaking autistic people has received limited academic attention. Speaking autistic adults often use AAC and many have publicly shared information about their strategies and experiences. In this article, we provide an overview of the speech differences autistic adults choose to support through AAC, including varying difficulties with speech depending on environment and content. We also discuss the technologies and strategies adopted by autistic adults, including free or low-cost tools that are not specific to AAC, mobile technologies, and signed languages or gestures. We explore barriers to AAC use, including a lack of awareness of relevant options, misconceptions about who AAC supports are for, and the cost of dedicated AAC applications or devices. We then provide suggestions for autistic adults, people supporting autistic adults, and researchers. Overall communicationrather than speech-should be prioritized. Mainstream communication technologies can support communication for autistic adults and a variety of tools can support communication across contexts. Further research into the use and effectiveness of AAC for autistic adults is needed, as is research on barriers to AAC use.

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Section: Speech For Autistic Adultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Speaking Autistic Adults: Overview and Recommendations

Hillary

DaltonElizabeth

2019

Autism in Adulthood

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“…This is why communicating is an action word. (Staehely, 2000, p. 3) All individuals who require AAC are impacted by environmental factors, but the extent of the impact will vary across individuals depending on their intrinsic communication resources: Those with strong linguistic, operational, social, and strategic skills and well-developed psychosocial factors will be less vulnerable to environmental barriers and constraints than those who are beginning communicators or who experience signifi cant language/cognitive limitations (McNaughton & Light, 2013;Williams, Beukelman, & Ullman, 2012). According to Beukelman and Mirenda (2013), environmental barriers and supports may cut across a range of domains including policy, practice, attitude, knowledge and skill barriers or supports.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…187). In fact, with the advent of social media and a new arsenal of tools to link people together, there is increased emphasis in society on establishing, maintaining, and developing social connections across a wide ranging network (Sundqvist & Ronnberg, 2010;Williams et al, 2012).…”

Section: Changes In the Scope Of Communication Needsmentioning

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Communicative Competence for Individuals who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A New Definition for a New Era of Communication?

Light

McNaughton

2014

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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In 1989, Light defi ned communicative competence for individuals with complex communication needs who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a dynamic interpersonal construct based on functionality of communication; adequacy of communication; and suffi ciency of knowledge, judgment, and skills. Specifi cally, Light argued that, in order to demonstrate communicative competence, individuals who required AAC had to develop and integrate knowledge, judgment, and skills in four interrelated domains: linguistic, operational, social, and strategic. In 2003, Light expanded this defi nition and argued that the attainment of communicative competence is infl uenced by not just linguistic, operational, social, and strategic competencies but also a variety of psychosocial factors (e.g., motivation, attitude, confi dence, resilience) as well as barriers and supports in the environment. In the 25 years since this defi nition of communicative competence for individuals who use AAC was originally proposed, there have been signifi cant changes in the AAC fi eld. In this paper, we review the preliminary defi nition of communicative competence, consider the changes in the fi eld, and then revisit the proposed defi nition to determine if it is still relevant and valid for this new era of communication.

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“…In terms of symbolic targets, it has been suggested that initial vocabularies meet communication needs across learning, employment, living, and community contexts including health care settings by selecting common core vocabularies across these contexts (Banajee, DiCarlo, & Stricklin, 2003; Bryen, 2008; Williams, Beukelman, & Ullman, 2012). A core vocabulary consists of words common to the vocabularies of peers, is based on the language inventories of typically developing peers and does not change across environments or between individuals (Banajee et al, 2003).…”

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Communication Services and Supports for Individuals With Severe Disabilities: Guidance for Assessment and Intervention

Brady

Bruce

Goldman

et al. 2016

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

181

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The National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of People with Severe Disabilities (NJC) reviewed literature regarding practices for people with severe disabilities in order to update guidance provided in documents originally published in 1992. Changes in laws, definitions, and policies that affect communication attainments by persons with severe disabilities are presented, along with guidance regarding assessment and intervention practices. A revised version of the Communication Bill of Rights, a powerful document that describes the communication rights of all individuals, including those with severe disabilities is included in this article. The information contained within this article is intended to be used by professionals, family members, and individuals with severe disabilities to inform and advocate for effective communication services and opportunities.

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AAC Text Messaging

Cited by 9 publications

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Speaking Autistic Adults: Overview and Recommendations

Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Speaking Autistic Adults: Overview and Recommendations

Communicative Competence for Individuals who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A New Definition for a New Era of Communication?

Communication Services and Supports for Individuals With Severe Disabilities: Guidance for Assessment and Intervention

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