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Note: ‘Page numbers followed by “f” indicate figures and “t” indicate tables.’
A grammatical organisation, 191
Accent 1400, 111, 112f graphic symbols, 185f
Acquired brain injury (ABI), 36 hearing, 195
infection, 17 high-tech, 187–188, 188f
postinfective, 17 history, 182–186
trauma, 17 importance, 186
Acquired cognitive impairment, 29–30 indirect access, 189
Acquired disorders, 29 input methods, 189–190
Action potentials, 7 intellectual function, 195
Alan’s case study (adult) International Society for Augmentative and
key assessment data, 75 Alternative Communication (ISAAC),
physical assessment, 75–76 184–186
postural management goals, 76 language processors, 190–192
recommendations, 76 low-tech, 187–188, 188f
seating requirements, 76 mobility, 195
social/environmental/psychological, 75 modified mainstream technologies, 188
Alice’s case study, 118 Mulberry symbol, 184
Alimentary nervous system, 8 multifunctional devices, 183
Alphabetical organisation, 191 ocular motor function, 194–195
Alternative and augmentative output methods, 192–193
communication (AAC) participation, 196
activity, 196 personal computer (PC) technologies, 184
alphabetical organisation, 191 personal factors, 197
ARASAAC symbols, 184 physical abilities, 195
assessment, 193–197 Picture Communication symbols, 184
body functions, 194–196 posture, 195
classifications, 188f prevalence of need, 186–187
classifying, 187–189 receptive and expressive communication, 187
commercially available, 188 receptive/expressive communication, 187
communicative competence. See receptive language abilities, 195
Communicative competence representation method, 188
components, 189–193 schematic organisation, 191
custom/bespoke systems, 188 selection sets, 188, 190–192
defining, 187–189 service delivery, UK, 202–204
direct access, 189 England, 202–203
environmental factors, 196–197 Northern Ireland, 204
evidence-based practice (EBP). See Scotland, 203
Evidence-based practice (EBP) Wales, 204
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