Somebody hands you a leaflet that says AAC. A review mentions partner-assisted scanning. A ward asks whether your dad has a communication passport. Everyone else in the room seems to know what these words mean, and asking feels like admitting you're behind. You aren't. This library explains each one plainly: what it is, who it helps, how it works, and what you can do about it this week. Search by the word you heard.
Please note: This page is general information about communication and the ways people are supported to communicate. It is not an assessment, a diagnosis or speech and language therapy, and it does not know the person you have in mind. If you are worried about someone's speech, language or communication, ask a GP, a health visitor or a speech and language therapist. In an emergency, call 999; if you cannot speak, Relay UK on 18000 or the emergencySMS service reach the same operators.
42 topics filed under C, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 5).
Also called Section 67 advocacy, Independent Care Act advocate, Care and support advocacy
In England, a council must arrange an advocate for anyone who would struggle to take part in their own assessment or review and has nobody suitable to help.
Also called CP and speech, CP and AAC
Movement differences can make speech slow, unclear or impossible; they say nothing about what the person understands, and AAC access is the whole question.
Also called Developmental verbal dyspraxia, DVD, CAS, Verbal dyspraxia
A child who understands everything and struggles to get the sounds out in order: what verbal dyspraxia is and why AAC alongside therapy speeds speech up rather than slowing it.
Also called Article 12, UNCRC Article 12, Voice of the child, Participation rights, Section 19 Children and Families Act
Every child has the right to express a view on decisions about them and have it given due weight. A child who communicates differently does not lose that right; the adults gain a duty.
Also called Choice board, Choosing board, Activity choice board, Choice strip
A board of pictures for one decision: what to play, what to eat, where to go. Small, focused, and made for the moment it's needed.
Also called Voice selection, Picking a synthetic voice, TTS voice
A voice is part of who a person is. How to find one that fits their age, accent and gender, and why the person, not the carer, gets the final say.
Also called Cleft palate speech, Velopharyngeal insufficiency, VPI, Submucous cleft
How a cleft affects speech (nasal air, missing pressure sounds, glue ear), the surgery and therapy that follow, and what parents can do between appointments.
Also called Tachyphemia
Fast, jumbled, collapsed speech that the speaker often doesn't notice: the less famous cousin of stammering, and why the listener's feedback is the therapy.
Also called Cognitive-communication difficulties, CCD, Right hemisphere communication disorder
When memory, attention, speed or reasoning disrupt communication and the language itself is fine: the difficulty that tests miss and families feel.
Also called Colourful Semantics, Colour-coded sentences, Colourful sentences
Who is orange, what doing is yellow, what is green, where is blue. Colour-coding the parts of a sentence so a child can build one they can see.
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