Resources: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Resources are routinely updated . . . please check back often.
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- Augmentative Communication: A Glossary
Augmentative and alternative communication" strategies include technology for helping people communicate who cannot speak naturally. This glossary from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is an explanation of terms used in this field and is helpful for someone searching for an appropropriate communication system.
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers
This AAC website is designed to provide access to a wide range of information and resources related to AAC and includes vendor links, academic resources, intervention links, early intervention resources, and general AAC links. It is maintained by the Barkley AAC Center and the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska.
- AAC Institute
A not-for-profit online resource for the AAC community, this site includes pages dedicated to resources, products, services, a parents corner, self study, and continuing education for professionals, among other links.
- Communication Ideas (a handout from the Vermont AT program)
Low-tech ideas for Augmentative and Alternative Communication that are easy to implement and are generally inexpensive.
- 50 Ideas: Getting Started with Augmentative Communication at Home (a booklet from the Vermont AT Program)
No-tech to low-tech ideas for use with children and composed with humor!
- Net Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences--Commercial Products
Compiled by a speech and language pathologist and associate professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, this page provides a categorical listing of commercial products and businesses serving the AAC community.
- Say It With Symbols
Created by a Massachusetts mom of a non-verbal child, this site sells low tech communication aids, visual supports, cards and gifts featuring picture symbols that support children and adults with communication disorders and autism. It also has a Free Stuff page of links to free symbols, PECs, boards, stories and more .
