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Download full textPatel, 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
Mintun, Bonnie – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2005
The author chronicles the search for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology for her daughter Anna, who is now age 21. Though Anna has severe cognitive, visual and orthopedic disabilities, a more significant obstacle to finding a functional AAC system has been low expectations of her capability. Because Anna could not perform…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Assertiveness, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expectation
McAfoose, Linnea R. – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2004
The subject of the attached case study is Sara, a 17-year-old high school honors student who communicates using a DynaVox 3100, which she accesses via single-switch visual scanning. A team of education and engineering specialists at DynaVox Systems LLC collaborated with Sara to identify and maximize her use of device features and accessories that…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Quality of Life, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Adolescents
