Journal of Assistive Technologies: Volume 5 Issue 4

Short‐term outcomes of communication aid provision

Michael Clarke, Caroline Newton, Jasmine Cherguit, Chris Donlan, Jannet A. Wright

The aim of this study is to explore short‐term outcomes of communication aid provision from the perspective of children with complex communication needs.

Autism, communication and use of a speech‐generating device in different environments – a case study

Gunilla Thunberg, Elisabeth Ahlsén, Annika Dahlgren Sandberg

This paper aims to examine interaction patterns in two activities at home and one activity at school when a seven‐year‐old boy with autism and learning disabilities was supplied…

Narrative construction by an aided speaker: a pilot study

Pippa Bailey, Karen Bunning

Story‐telling is recognised as important to child language development. However, children who use electronic communication aids have limited opportunities to develop their…

Emergence of working memory in children using aided communication

Janice Murray, Juliet Goldbart

Working memory (WM) is a key component of effective and efficient communication in typical communicators, with, potentially, even greater significance for those who benefit from…

Becoming ready to use a voice output communication aid

Christine Sherlock

The purpose of this paper is to describe the journey of a young person with severe and complex communication needs from no formal expressive communication system, to a point where…

A proposed framework for decision‐making for assistive communication technology support: many perspectives, but one common goal

Tom Griffiths, Katie Price

Some children with severe speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) can make use of assistive communication technology (ACT) to support and augment their speaking and…

Ambiguous keyboards for AAC

Simon Judge, Marcus Friday

“Ambiguous keyboards” and “disambiguation processes” are becoming universally recognised through the popularisation of “predictive text messaging” on mobile phones. As this paper…

A Deaf‐centred E‐Learning Environment (DELE): challenges and considerations

Daniele Capuano, Maria Tagarelli De Monte, Katherine M. Groves, Maria Roccaforte, Elena Tomasuolo

In this paper, the accessibility of e‐learning environments designed for deaf learners is discussed. Starting from a discussion of the meaning of text and web accessibility, the…

Children with speech, language and communication needs

Michael Clarke, Jannet Wright