Moving Beyond the Device Mentality for AAC AAC devices have been around for a decade and have helped to significantly improve the everyday life of many individuals with complex communication needs. Everything, from specialized typewriters to hard-wired button grids to software-driven touchscreens, has been used to aid individuals in their communication. Because of the long history of augmentative communication where so much is focused on the actual physical device, it can sometimes be difficult to think past the limitations of that history. When I talk to therapists about moving communication beyond a single device, they often aren’t sure what I […]
