AAC Glossary

AAC Vendors

AAC References

AAC Links

Introduction:
Professionals and families often think the hardest part of AAC is selecting a system or a device. While getting the right device or system IS important, it does not make a successful communicator, any more than having the finest piano makes you a pianist.

This section of the web-site is about making sure you select the right VOCABULARY (the messages and functions) and the right SYMBOLS to permit the AAC user to fully communicate.Choose your next topic:

I. Selecting Symbols
      A. Introduction
      B. Aided symbols
      C. Unaided symbols

II. Selecting Vocabulary      
      A. Introduction
      B. Emerging communicators
      C. Dependent communicators
      D. Independent communicators

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