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Augmentative and alternative communication: An historic perspective

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Pages 27-59 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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Jennifer J. Thistle, Amber Thiessen & Jeffery Hart. (2023) “I don’t think you can really understand it until you put it to action”: school-based SLPs’ reflections on graduate and continuing education in AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 39:4, pages 270-281.
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Kerstin M. Tönsing, Jessica Bartram, Refilwe E. Morwane & Annalu Waller. (2022) Designing electronic graphic symbol-based AAC systems: a scoping review. Part 1: system description. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-13.
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Kerstin Monika Tönsing & Gloria Soto. (2020) Multilingualism and augmentative and alternative communication: examining language ideology and resulting practices. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 36:3, pages 190-201.
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John W. McCarthy, Joann P. Benigno, Jamie Broach, Jamie B. Boster & Bridget M. Wright. (2018) Identification and drawing of early concepts in children with autism spectrum disorder and children without disability. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 34:2, pages 155-165.
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David McNaughton & Janice Light. (2015) What We Write about When We Write About AAC: The Past 30 Years of Research and Future Directions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 31:4, pages 261-270.
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MaryAnn Romski, Rose A. Sevcik, Andrea Barton-Hulsey & Ani S. Whitmore. (2015) Early Intervention and AAC: What a Difference 30 Years Makes. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 31:3, pages 181-202.
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Jennifer J. Thistle & Krista M. Wilkinson. (2015) Building Evidence-based Practice in AAC Display Design for Young Children: Current Practices and Future Directions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 31:2, pages 124-136.
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Janice Light & David McNaughton. (2013) Putting People First: Re-Thinking the Role of Technology in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 29:4, pages 299-309.
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Stephen Von Tetzchner & Carmen Basil. (2011) Terminology and Notation in Written Representations of Conversations with Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 27:3, pages 141-149.
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Ralf W. Schlosser, Howard Shane, James Sorce, Rajinder Koul & Emma Bloomfield. (2011) Identifying Performing and Under Performing Graphic Symbols for Verbs and Prepositions in Animated and Static Formats: A Research Note. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 27:3, pages 205-214.
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JAN NESPOR. (2011) Devices and Educational Change. Educational Philosophy and Theory 43:sup1, pages 15-37.
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Teresa Iacono & Marnie Cameron. (2009) Australian Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions and Experiences of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Early Childhood Intervention. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 25:4, pages 236-249.
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Lucia Reily, Helena Panhan & Ariane Tupinambá. (2009) Early Evidence of Low-Tech Communication in an Otto Dix Painting of 1920. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 25:4, pages 217-224.
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Sheridan Forster & Teresa Iacono. (2007) Perceptions of communication before and after a speech pathology intervention for an adult with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 32:4, pages 302-314.
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Ralf W. Schlosser, Oliver Wendt, Suresh Bhavnani & Barbara Nail‐Chiwetalu. (2006) Use of information‐seeking strategies for developing systematic reviews and engaging in evidence‐based practice: the application of traditional and comprehensive Pearl Growing. A review. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 41:5, pages 567-582.
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Ralf W. Schlosser, Oliver Wendt, Katie L. Angermeier & Manisha Shetty. (2005) Searching for evidence in augmentative and alternative communication: Navigating a scattered literature. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 21:4, pages 233-255.
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Siri Wormnæs & Yvette Abdel Malek. (2004) Egyptian Speech Therapists Want More Knowledge About Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 20:1, pages 30-41.
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Orit Hetzroni & Philip Belfiore. (2000) Preschoolers with communication impairments play shrinking Kim: An interactive computer storytelling intervention for teaching Blissymbols. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 16:4, pages 260-269.
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Joe Reichle, Elizabeth Dettling, Kathryn Drager & Ann Leiter. (2000) Comparison of correct responses and response latency for fixed and dynamic displays: performance of a learner with severe developmental disabilities. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 16:3, pages 154-163.
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Orit Hetzroni & Lyle Lloyd. (2000) Shrinking Kim: Effects of active versus passive computer instruction on the learning of element and compound Blissymbols. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 16:2, pages 95-106.
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Stephen von Tetzchner. (1997) Historical issues in intervention research: hidden knowledge and facilitating techniques in Denmark. European Journal of Disorders of Communication 32:1, pages 1-18.
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Fiona McCall, Ivana Marková, Joan Murphy, Eleanor Moodie & Sarah Collins. (1997) Perspectives on AAC systems by the users and by their communication partners. European Journal of Disorders of Communication 32:sup1, pages 235-256.
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Kenneth Simpson, Gary Cumley, Betsy Novak, Jennifer Tegtmeier & David Beukelman. (1997) Effects of three instructional modes on the performance of novice preprofessional students with AAC technology. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 13:2, pages 81-86.
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Joan Murphy, Ivana Markova, Sarah Collins & Eleanor Moodie. (1996) AAC systems*: obstacles to effective use. European Journal of Disorders of Communication 31:1, pages 31-44.
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Shirley McNaughton & Peter Lindsay. (1995) Approaching literacy with AAC graphics. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 11:4, pages 212-228.
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Dianne Angelo, Sheila Jones & Stephen Kokoska. (1995) Family perspective on augmentative and alternative communication: Families of young children. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 11:3, pages 193-202.
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