Influence of message error type on Korean adults' attitudes toward an individual who uses augmentative and alternative communication

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of types of message errors on the attitudes of Korean adults toward a person who uses AAC. The attitudes of 72 adults who speak native Korean were examined through attitude questionnaires completed after viewing videotaped conversations between a boy with cerebral palsy and an adult without disabilities. Each interaction video involved a message with one of six error types, including various types of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic errors. The participants provided information on their attitude towards the person who used AAC, and ranked their preferences among the six messages. The results provide evidence that attitudes towards the individual using AAC were most positive (in comparison with other conditions) when a pragmatic error was observed. Messages containing a syntactic error were ranked most favorably. Spearman's correlation analyses revealed some relationship between attitudes rating and preferences ranking. Our results provide evidence that specific language and cultural contexts may play an important role in shaping attitudes toward those who use AAC.

The Effect of Partner Reauditorization on Undergraduates' Attitudes Toward a Peer Who Communicates With Augmentative and Alternative Communication

“…For example, reauditorization was irrelevant to studies in which respondents were only given a written description of an AAC user because there was no communication partner involved and, therefore, no reauditorization (e.g., Kanarowski, 2012;McCarthy et al, 2010;Raney & Silverman, 1992). In several other studies, reauditorization was not specifically discussed in the procedure so it is unclear what role it may have played in the study's procedures (e.g., Dudek, Beck, & Thompson, 2006;Gorenflo & Gorenflo, 1991;Kim, Kim, Lee & Park, 2015;McCoy, Bedrosian, Hoag, & Johnson, 2007). However, reauditorization played a role in 14 out of the 30 published experiments that were designed to measure attitudes toward persons who use AAC.…”