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.
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Also called Parkinson's disease and speech, Hypokinetic dysarthria, Hypophonia
Quiet, flat, fast speech and a face that no longer shows feeling: why people with Parkinson's get talked over, and the therapies with the strongest evidence.
Also called PAS, Partner scanning, Listener-mediated scanning
A person reads or points to the options and watches for the signal. No equipment, no battery, no set-up, and it works on a ward at 3am.
Also called Picture Communication Symbols, Boardmaker symbols, Mayer-Johnson symbols
Picture Communication Symbols, the licensed set behind Boardmaker and many dedicated AAC devices, and the most widely used symbols in the world.
Also called Picture Exchange Communication System, Picture exchange
The Picture Exchange Communication System: handing a picture to a person to ask for something, taught in six phases, and what it is and is not.
Also called Six phases of PECS, PECS Phase 1, PECS Phase 4, PECS Phase 6
The six phases of PECS, from one picture handed over to a sentence strip and a comment, and what a person should be doing at each.
Also called Names on a board, Family vocabulary, People set
Family, friends, staff and pronouns: the words that let a person say who did what, who they want, and who they mean when that person is not in the room.
Also called PCP, Person-centred approaches, Person-centred thinking, PATH, MAP, Essential lifestyle planning
Planning that starts from what the person wants their life to be, with their communication method in the room, rather than from what the service has to offer.
Also called Intimate care and consent, Dignity in personal care
Washing, dressing and the toilet are done to a person unless the person can say how, and stop. Dignity is a communication task.
Also called Personalised vocabulary, Individual vocabulary, Custom words
Adding the words that matter to this person: names, in-jokes, the football team, the swear word. The layer that makes a system theirs.
Also called Customising a vocabulary, Adding words, Personal vocabulary, Vocabulary editing
Adding the person's own words, names, places and phrases. A generic board is a starting point; the person's life is the rest of it.
Fiducia Talk is a complete talking board: 308 symbol cards, a phonics keyboard and a big-key keyboard, speaking in your device's own voice. No account, no subscription, and nothing you say leaves your device.
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