Fiducia TalkReading with non-speaking children
Also called Shared reading, Interactive reading, Reading aloud with AAC
Shared reading when the child cannot read aloud: how to make it a conversation rather than a performance, and why it matters more, not less.
Communication A to Z
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.
10 topics filed under R.
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Reasonable adjustments
Also called Equality Act adjustments, Section 20 duty, Anticipatory duty
Every service, shop, school and employer must change how it does things so a disabled person is not at a substantial disadvantage. Communication is covered.
Receptive language
Also called Comprehension, Understanding of language, Language comprehension
Understanding what is said to you. It runs ahead of speaking in nearly everyone, and it is the part people forget to test.
Referring to speech and language therapy
Also called SLT referral, SALT referral, Speech therapy referral, Self-referral to speech and language therapy
How to get a child or an adult seen by an NHS speech and language therapist, who can refer, and how long the wait really is.
Relationships vocabulary
Also called Sex and relationships and AAC, Intimacy vocabulary, Consent words
Words for love, sex, bodies and boundaries. Every adult has the right to them, and the ones who lack them are the least safe.
Relay UK
Also called Text relay, Next Generation Text, NGT, 18001, Typetalk
A free service that turns a phone call into text, so a person who cannot hear or cannot speak can call anyone, including 999.
Repair strategies
Also called Conversational repair, Communication repair, Repair, Clarification strategies
What both of you do when a message hasn't got through: say it again, say it differently, spell it, point, or say 'that's not what I meant'.
Rett syndrome and communication
Also called Rett and eye gaze, MECP2 and communication
Girls and women with Rett syndrome lose the use of their hands and mostly their speech, but not their minds; the eyes became the channel, and eye gaze technology changed everything.
The right to communicate
Also called Communication rights, Right to freedom of expression, Article 10, Article 21 UNCRPD, Communication Bill of Rights
Where the right to communicate sits in law, from the Human Rights Act to the UN conventions, and what it can and cannot make happen.
Row-column scanning
Also called Row/column scanning, Row-column scan
The device scans down the rows, the person picks one, then it scans across that row. The standard pattern for any grid bigger than a handful.
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