14/12/2022
"An AAC?!? He will never be able to speak again!"
"You need to do is push him more!"
"You should MAKE him talk!"
"He will regress, he won’t want to speak any more!"
I think AAC’s are largely misunderstood because of a lack of advocacy.
What are AAC’s?
It stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, it includes pictures, gestures, signs etc.
Who is it for?
• For kids who are non-speaking or struggling to speak
• To support a child who is already speaking
• When speech is inconsistent (i.e. comes and goes)
• When speech is difficult to understand
Why should I use it? It gives an individual a chance to communicate, it reduces demands to speak, and it supports speech instead of reducing it.
