Top Bar

Accessibility and Language Options
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Disability Rights Arkansas

  • About DRA
    • Our Leadership
    • Annual Report
  • What We Do
    • Public Policy
    • Who We Serve
    • Priority Issues
  • News and Media
    • Blog
    • In the News
  • Resources
    • Publications and Reports
    • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Database
    • Transition Services
  • Contact Us
    • How To Get Help
    • Subscribe
    • Donate
    • Careers
  • Donate Now

Dec 31 2017

Let’s Dispel Myths About Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Many individuals, particularly those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, are not given the opportunity to access augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) because of common myths that don’t hold water.  These individuals, particularly children receiving education services, have complex communication needs, and yet are not able to access AAC because it is thought their cognitive skills are too low, or their “behaviors” might cause a device to be damaged or broken, or their motor skills are too poor.

Speech-language pathologists hear these- and other- myths constantly.  So much so, in fact, that one, Heidi LoStracco, decided to address the six most common myths.  Published on the website Speak For Yourself, this article is a great way to dispel those myths, which should increase opportunities for students (and others!) to access AAC.

Read the article here:  The Myth of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Pre-Requisite Skills

Categorized: Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Education, Featured, News

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Registering to Vote Should be Easy
  • Level up Your Vernacular
  • Board Votes to Place Perimeter Behavioral of the Ozarks’ Residential License on Probationary Status
  • Speak Up Arkansas: Why Voting in Every Election is Important
  • Speak Up Arkansas: Back to School with IEPs

Categories

  • Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
  • Access
  • Accessibility
  • Archives
  • Article
  • Assistive Technology
  • Board of Directors
  • Community
  • COVID
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Featured
  • Guardianship
  • Healthcare
  • Housing
  • Jails & Prisons
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Long Term Care
  • Members Only
  • Mental Health
  • News
  • PAIMI Council
  • Public Policy
  • Resources
  • Self Advocacy
  • Self-Advocacy / Training
  • Service Animals
  • Social Security
  • Speak Up Arkansas
  • Special Education
  • Transportation
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Veterans
  • Voting

Copyright © 2023 Disability Rights Arkansas