Scottsville 8-year-old Nathaniel Johnson, who’s autistic, carries around a picture binder for when verbal communication is difficult. A breadth of pictures and words represent things concrete and ...

Under the harsh fluorescent lights of an emergency room, most people can verbally communicate their symptoms and severity of pain to a nurse. Those who cannot use their voice to communicate must rely ...

A communication board is a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to help people with limited language skills express themselves. The user can gesture, point to, or blink at images to ...

Speech is heard but if one cannot respond with speech themselves, are there other ways? These alternative means of communication are called Augmentative Alternative Communication or AAC tools. sign ...

Suggested Citation: "6 Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Voice Products and Technologies." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. The Promise of Assistive ...

October is Alternative and Augmentative Communication, AAC, Awareness Month! Instead of spoken language, many communicators use gestures, sign language, pictures, body language, and dedicated ...

This June is the second anniversary of one of the most horrific and traumatic times of my life. After several weeks in the ICU and almost dying several times, I came home from the hospital with an ...