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 SSD, Articulation disorder, Phonological disorder, Speech delay
A child whose sounds are still wrong past the age they should be: the difference between a mouth that can't make the sound and a brain that's filed it in the wrong place.
Also called SLCN, Communication and interaction needs
SLCN is the umbrella schools and services put over every kind of communication difficulty; useful for funding, useless for knowing what to do until you look underneath.
Also called SGD, VOCA, Voice output communication aid, Talker, Communication device
Any device that says the words out loud. Called an SGD, a VOCA, a talker or a communication aid, and the person's voice in every case.
Also called Stuttering, Dysfluency, Stutter
Repetitions, prolongations and blocks: what a stammer is, what listeners get wrong, and what genuinely helps at each age.
Also called Fixed display, Static board, Fixed-layout device
A page that never changes, so every word has a permanent home and can be found by hand rather than by search.
Also called Post-stroke communication, Stroke and speech
A third of strokes affect communication, in three different ways; telling them apart shapes everything, and the recovery window is longer than most people are told.
Also called SDM, Supported decision making, Decision support
The practical work of helping a person make their own decision: the right information, in the right form, at the right time, with the right person.
Also called Switch control, Single-switch access, Switch use
Operating a whole device with one or two buttons, placed wherever the body is most reliable. Slower than touch, but it needs so much less.
Also called Switch positioning, Mounting arm, Switch mount
Holding a switch exactly where the body expects it, on a wheelchair, a bed or a table, every single time. A switch that moves is a switch that fails.
Also called Scanning, Indirect selection, Scan access
The device lights up each choice in turn and the person presses when the highlight reaches the right one. One button, any vocabulary.
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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