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  2. Janice Murray (speech therapist) - Wikipedia

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    Janice Murray FRCSLT is a Speech Therapist and Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, [1] specialising in Augmentative and Alternative Communication.. From 2009 to 20102 Murray was the Chair of the UK charity Communication Matters.

  3. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    Augmentative and alternative communication is typically much slower than speech, [67] with users generally producing 8–10 words per minute. [51] Rate enhancement strategies can increase the user's rate of output to around 12–15 words per minute, [51] and as a result enhance the efficiency of communication. There are two main options for ...

  4. Partner-assisted scanning - Wikipedia

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    Partner-assisted scanning is a technique used with children who have severe motor and communication impairments, and especially those with additional visual impairment, those who do not yet have an established alternative form of communication, or who are unable to use their usual method, perhaps because their electronic speech output device is being repaired. [3]

  5. Autism therapies - Wikipedia

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    Interventions that attempt to improve communication are commonly conducted by speech and language therapists, and work on joint attention, communicative intent, and alternative or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) methods such as visual methods, [69] for example visual schedules.

  6. Speech-generating device - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), astrophysicist and prominent SGD user. Speech-generating devices (SGDs), also known as voice output communication aids, are electronic augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems used to supplement or replace speech or writing for individuals with severe speech impairments, enabling them to verbally communicate. [1]

  7. International Society for Augmentative and Alternative ...

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    ISAAC works to promote augmentative and alternative communication as a known and valued way of communicating worldwide. [6] The society's vision "is that AAC will be recognized, valued and used throughout the world" and the society's mission "is to promote the best possible communication for people with complex needs". [7]

  8. ACE Centre - Wikipedia

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    Ace Centre, previously ACE Centre (Aiding Communication in Education, ACE Centre North) is a non-profit organization in England that supports people with communications difficulties. [ 1 ] Ace Centre offer assessment, training and information services in England and Wales , with a focus on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and ...

  9. Makaton - Wikipedia

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    Makaton is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system which uses signs (hand gestures) and symbols (images) alongside speech & written words to support communication. Despite its use of signs, Makaton is not a sign language .