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Hearing stakeholder voices in the design of a non-electronic sepedi graphic symbol-based AAC resource. 基于非电子独立图形符号的AAC资源设计中听取利益相关者的意见。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2588554

Ngwanamashiane Rahab Mothapo, Kerstin Tönsing, Gloria Soto

{"title":"Hearing stakeholder voices in the design of a non-electronic sepedi graphic symbol-based AAC resource.","authors":"Ngwanamashiane Rahab Mothapo, Kerstin Tönsing, Gloria Soto","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2588554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2588554","url":null,"abstract":"The design of non-English Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) resources is an urgent necessity. Human centered design (HCD) may be a useful framework for involving stakeholders in establishing design requirements for a non-electronic Sepedi graphic symbol-based AAC resource. This framework foregrounds the voice of stakeholders in the design process to counter the hegemony of Western Anglo-centric methodologies and approaches. This study aimed to obtain initial input on the need for and design requirements of a non-electronic Sepedi GS-based AAC resource from the stakeholders. A qualitative descriptive design was used. The perspectives of 21 stakeholders including special school teachers, speech-language therapists, parents of participants in need of AAC, Sepedi linguists and adults using AAC were obtained via focus groups and interviews. Recordings were transcribed and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Participants highlighted a need for a culturally and linguistically appropriate AAC resource. They furthermore indicated that the resource should promote communication access, social inclusion and the development of various communication and language skills. The school and the home environment were identified as primary contexts of use. Specific suggestions regarding the vocabulary, the graphic symbols, the lay-out and organization of the vocabulary as well as the physical properties of the resource were obtained. The participants highlighted a need for a team to design and develop the resource. The study showed that diverse stakeholders could contribute meaningfully to the design process of an AAC resource for young individuals from a Sepedi language background.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145728112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial: another exciting year for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 社论：另一个令人兴奋的一年，增强和替代通信。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2579993

Rose A Sevcik, MaryAnn Romski

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What terms should we use for AAC and the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey. 我们应该用什么术语来描述AAC和使用它的人？术语调查的结果。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2588563

Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Lily Konyn, David Niemeijer

{"title":"What terms should we use for AAC and the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey.","authors":"Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Lily Konyn, David Niemeijer","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2588563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2588563","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to elicit and analyze the views and preferences of a variety of AAC stakeholders regarding terminology related to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and the people who use or could benefit from it. We used an anonymous online survey to ask nonspeaking AAC users, speaking AAC users, relatives of AAC users, and AAC professionals their preferences on 119 English terms related to AAC, AAC users, and communication disability. The survey also collected demographic information, including age, country, connection to AAC, and disability identity. A total of 556 participants completed the survey. We aimed to determine broad terminology preferences across stakeholder groups and identify areas of disagreement between stakeholders. By making comparisons between related terms and between stakeholder groups, we were able to achieve this aim. There were statistically significant preferences between terms within all groups of related terms. Stakeholder groups also frequently disagreed with each other about AAC terminology: between-group differences in the frequency with which respondents supported, disliked, and/or were unfamiliar with terms were present for 81 of the 119 terms. The preferences uncovered in this study can support respectful language guidance around AAC. Further work should ideally address terminology preferences among stakeholder samples that are less focused on the United States, more focused on marginalized cultural groups, include stakeholders with more limited language skills, and/or address terminology in languages other than English.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145644416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Designing AAC for use in social and community contexts: a scoping review. 设计用于社会和社区环境的AAC：范围审查。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2558851

Blade Frisch, Keith Vertanen

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"Take me seriously, talk to me, ask me questions, and listen when I speak". An empirical analysis of experiences with AAC in young adults' educational and social interactions. “认真对待我，跟我说话，问我问题，听我说话”。青少年教育与社会互动中AAC经验的实证分析。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2558850

Sigrun Sønsthagen, Liv Kari Brustad

{"title":"\"Take me seriously, talk to me, ask me questions, and listen when I speak\". An empirical analysis of experiences with AAC in young adults' educational and social interactions.","authors":"Sigrun Sønsthagen, Liv Kari Brustad","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2558850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2558850","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the experiences of young adults who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with a focus on how interactional dynamics influence their sense of inclusion and recognition in everyday conversations. Despite increasing awareness of the importance of communication rights for individuals with complex communication needs, a research gap remains relative to the lived experiences of young-adult AAC users. The study was based on nine in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with both AAC users and communication partners. Thematic analysis revealed three core empirical categories-equal dialogue, competence, and integrated use of AAC-that reflected the conditions under which the AAC users perceived communicative interaction as meaningful and empowering. The analysis relied on the theoretical frameworks of inclusion factors and social learning theory with particular emphasis on the concepts of self-efficacy and communicative interaction. The results suggested that young-adult AAC users feel most recognized and understood when they are actively included as equal participants in conversations. This sense of inclusion is facilitated by communication partners who demonstrate patience, a willingness to understand, and sensitivity to nonverbal cues. The study highlights the critical roles of communication partners' competence and attitudes in shaping whether AAC becomes a functional and inclusive tool for interaction. The practical implications underscore the need for targeted training and awareness-raising among communication partners to ensure that AAC is available and effectively integrated into young adults' social lives. These findings contribute to the growing body of research advocating for more inclusive communicative environments and offer valuable user perspectives.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145369411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How people with aphasia describe themes depicted in grid and visual scene displays. 失语症患者如何描述网格和视觉场景展示中描绘的主题。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-10-11 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2567054

Amber Thiessen, Jessica Brown, Pamara F Chang, Kevin Pitt, Melanie Basinger, Paulina Kulesz

{"title":"How people with aphasia describe themes depicted in grid and visual scene displays.","authors":"Amber Thiessen, Jessica Brown, Pamara F Chang, Kevin Pitt, Melanie Basinger, Paulina Kulesz","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2567054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2567054","url":null,"abstract":"This within-groups, repeated measures study examined differences in how accurately people with aphasia (PWA) described themes depicted in AAC displays (theme description accuracy), the types of descriptions they produced (action, naming, or combined action and naming messages), and their display preferences when viewing grids and visual scene displays (VSDs). Nineteen adults with aphasia participated in this study. Each participant viewed grids and VSDs with matched content (e.g., people, objects) presented on a computer monitor and described themes presented in each display. They then completed a display preference task. Results revealed that participants described VSDs themes correctly more often than grid themes; however, grids were described with partial correctness more often than VSDs. Additionally, both display types were described using verbs or verb phrases (action messages), more frequently than nouns or noun phrases (naming messages); however, VSDs were described using action messages more often than grids. Participants also reported greater preference for VSDs than grids. Study results support existing research that both grids and VSDs can effectively support communication for adults with aphasia; however, they may differ in their ability to represent action and naming messages. In addition, results indicate that PWA may prefer VSDs over grids.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145276936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training. 没有AAC用户就没有AAC用户：呼吁在研究、技术开发和专业培训中进行有意义的包容。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2514748

Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams, Jordyn Zimmerman

{"title":"Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training.","authors":"Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams, Jordyn Zimmerman","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2514748","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2514748","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, priorities for research, technology development, and professional training in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have been identified largely by nondisabled professionals with limited, if any, involvement of people who need or use AAC. In this paper, we argue that people who need or use AAC must be leaders and co-creators in all activities that are about them or impact them. AAC users are the ones who have the best insights into their unmet needs; they also are the best positioned to identify priorities, appropriate methods, and potential solutions to the needs of the AAC community. A paradigm shift toward inclusive research, technology development, and professional training will bring challenges, including: the current lack of knowledge and experience with these methods in the AAC field; the potential for tokenism; and systemic barriers driven by ableism, racism, and other oppression. Ultimately, the field will need to build meaningful collaborations guided by mutual respect, trust, and the consideration of new ideas through open communication, a shared vision, and a deep commitment to the guiding principle, Nothing about us without us.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"184-194"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13090835/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144288122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The first word in accessibility is "access". 可访问性的第一个词是“access”。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2513912

Patrick Regan

{"title":"The first word in accessibility is \"access\".","authors":"Patrick Regan","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2513912","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2513912","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on access challenges that I have experienced as someone who uses AAC, how my team and I have resolved them, and what challenges I face now. I use AAC and assistive technology (AT) to work, advocate, exercise, socialize, manage my healthcare, and participate in community-based activities. Over the years, I have used many different AAC systems, computer applications, and access methods as technology advanced and my needs and skills changed because of spinal muscular atrophy. Too often AAC is only considered as a speech prosthesis, rather than as a support for communication in all its forms to enhance participation in society. People with disabilities need access to functional communication, including not just speech generating devices, but also the Internet, phone, computers, and software for medical and health reasons as well as education, employment, and community participation. Researchers need to learn more about the challenges that AAC users face and how our access needs change over time. My hope is that they will develop a new generation of AT that will make it possible to integrate all my access methods so that I can use them in a wide range of positions and for a multitude of purposes.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"300-303"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reading, writing, and AAC are fundamental. 读，写，和AAC是基本的。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2508492

Bob Williams

{"title":"Reading, writing, and AAC are fundamental.","authors":"Bob Williams","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2508492","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2508492","url":null,"abstract":"Having significant disabilities circumscribes the agency of millions of people to use reading and writing to live their lives. Disability should not be used to justify consigning those needing AAC to being treated as having few literacy skills. Access to language-based communication and literacy tools is essential to safeguarding and securing human and civil rights. The following actions must be undertaken to secure access to communication and literacy for people who need or use AAC: (1) Sustained research, demonstration, and system change efforts should be carried out at all levels to rectify the denial of communication and language supports for people with congenital and acquired disabilities; (2) Society must invest in strategies that enhance literacy opportunities and outcomes for people who need or use AAC at every stage of life; (3) Participatory action research must be prioritized to identify and remedy discrimination against Black, indigenous, brown, and non-English-using children and adults who need AAC; (4) Data must be collected and used to ensure the rights and bolster the everyday participation of all who need AAC; and (5) A blueprint should be issued on what must be done to secure these individuals' full civil rights and liberties.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"280-282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13093491/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144251860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Supporting meaningful participation in society by adults with developmental disabilities who need and use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions. 支持需要和使用AAC的发育性残疾成人有意义地参与社会：生活经验、主要研究成果和未来方向。

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Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2504497

David McNaughton, Tracy Rackensperger, Lance McLemore

{"title":"Supporting meaningful participation in society by adults with developmental disabilities who need and use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.","authors":"David McNaughton, Tracy Rackensperger, Lance McLemore","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2504497","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2504497","url":null,"abstract":"Expanded opportunities for meaningful participation in society now exist for adults with developmental disabilities who need or use AAC, yet significant barriers to full community participation still remain. In this paper, we discuss both personal narratives by AAC users as well as current AAC research in four key domains of adult life: having a safe place to live, participating in meaningful activities, accessing needed services, and developing friendships and meaningful relationships. To support communication and participation in these key areas more effectively, AAC research and development must: (a) strengthen the expression of personal identity; (b) support integrated use of multimodal communication; and (c) reduce the demands of communicative interaction while supporting language and literacy development. Future AAC research and development must be guided by equitable partnerships between AAC users, researchers, and technology developers, and must be driven by the key priorities of people who need and use AAC.","PeriodicalId":520566,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)","volume":" ","pages":"250-263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13077306/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144218526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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