Fiducia TalkSaying no
Also called Refusal, Protest, Rejecting
No is the most powerful word on any system, the first one that gets removed, and the one that must be honoured every single time.
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.
39 topics filed under S, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 4).
S
Scanning speed and timing
Also called Scan rate, Scan speed, First-item delay, Acceptance time, Post-selection delay
Scan rate, first-item delay, acceptance time and loops: the four settings that decide whether scanning is usable or exhausting.
Screen readers
Also called Screen reader, VoiceOver, TalkBack, NVDA, JAWS, Narrator
Software that reads the screen aloud and lets a person drive a device by touch and keyboard without seeing it. Free on every phone, and a different way of thinking.
Segmenting
Also called Sound segmentation, Phoneme segmentation, Sounding out for spelling
Pulling a spoken word apart into its sounds so you can write it: ship is sh-i-p, three sounds, four letters.
Selective mutism
Also called SM, Situational mutism
A child who talks freely at home and can't speak at school isn't choosing silence; it's an anxiety condition, and pressure to talk is the thing that makes it worse.
Self-advocacy
Also called Speaking up, Self advocacy groups
Speaking up for yourself, with whatever you speak with, and the groups where people who use AAC teach each other how.
Semantic-syntactic grids
Also called Fitzgerald key, Modified Fitzgerald key, Sentence-order layout, Colour-coded grid
Layouts that put words in sentence order, left to right, so grammar is built into the board and a sentence is a sweep of the hand.
Semantics
Also called Word meaning, Semantic knowledge, Lexical semantics
What words mean and how they connect to each other. A word you can say but can't define is only half learned.
Sensory needs and communication
Also called Sensory processing and AAC, Sensory overload, Sensory environment
Noise, light, touch and smell can shut communication down before a word is said. The environment is part of the system.
Sentence building
Also called Combining symbols, Message construction, Multi-symbol messages
How a person moves from pressing one word to putting three or four together, and why the second word is the hardest one to teach.
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