Fiducia TalkBlending
Also called Oral blending, Sound blending, Synthesising
Pushing separate sounds together to make a word: c-a-t becomes cat. It is how reading starts, and how a non-speaking person can say a word they have never seen on a board.
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.
301 topics, showing 31–40 (page 4 of 31).
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Blissymbolics
Also called Bliss, Bliss symbols, Blissymbols, Semantography
A symbol language with its own grammar, built from a few hundred shapes that combine, older than any communication device and still in use.
Block alphabet
Also called Block, Print on palm, Palm writing
Drawing capital letters on a deafblind person's palm with a fingertip. Nothing to learn, and any stranger can use it in a minute.
Body parts
Also called Body vocabulary, Where it hurts, Anatomy words
Head, tummy, tooth, foot, inside: the words for saying where it hurts, and why a body map on the board can be faster than any of them.
Braille
Also called UEB, Unified English Braille, Grade 1 braille, Grade 2 braille, Contracted braille
Reading and writing by touch with a six-dot cell, and where it fits alongside speech and symbols in a person's communication.
Brain injury and communication
Also called Acquired brain injury and communication, ABI, TBI and communication, Head injury and communication
After a head injury the speech may be perfect and the conversation still go wrong: cognitive communication difficulties, and why families notice them before clinicians do.
Brain-computer interface
Also called BCI, Brain-machine interface, BMI, Neural interface
Selecting with brain signals, through a cap of electrodes or an implant. Real, slow, and mostly still in the lab; what it is and what it is not yet.
British Sign Language
Also called BSL
A complete language with its own grammar and history, used by the Deaf community and recognised in law since 2022.
BSL Act 2022
Also called British Sign Language Act 2022, BSL Act, BSL (Scotland) Act 2015
The Act recognised BSL as a language of England, Wales and Scotland. It did not give anyone a new right to an interpreter. Both halves matter.
BSL interpreters
Also called Sign language interpreter, RSLI, Registered sign language interpreter, BSL/English interpreter
How to book a qualified BSL interpreter, who has to pay, and why a family member or a member of staff who knows some signs is not one.
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