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Light, Janice; Barwise, Allison; Gardner, Ann Marie; Flynn, Molly – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
Personalized augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention refers to an approach in which intervention is tailored to the individual's needs and skills, the needs and priorities of the individual's family and other social environments, the evidence base, and the individual's response to intervention. This approach is especially…
Descriptors: Literacy, Language Acquisition, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Case Studies
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Patel, Rupal; Pilato, Sam; Roy, Deb – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2004
This article presents a novel AAC communication aid based on semantic rather than syntactic schema, leading to more natural message construction. Users interact with a two-dimensional spatially organized image schema, which depicts the semantic structure and contents of the message. An overview of the interface design is presented followed by…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Strategies
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Noens, Ilse L. J.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2005
The communication of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by a qualitative impairment in verbal and non-verbal communication. In past decades a growing body of descriptive studies has appeared on language and communication problems in ASD. Reviews suggest that the development of formal and semantic aspects is relatively…
Descriptors: Semantics, Communication Problems, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders