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The poet and author Christy Brown describes his communication breakthrough at 5 years in the book My Left Foot. An evaluation of an individual's abilities, limitations and communication needs is necessary to select appropriate AAC techniques. The purpose of the assessment is to identify potential AAC approaches that can bridge discrepancies between a potential user's current communication and ...
Disability. The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [ 1]
Persons with developmental disabilities use individually planned and coordinated services and supports of their choosing (e.g., housing, employment, education, civil and human rights protection, health care) to live in and to participate in activities in the community." These services and supports are different in every state and there is ...
Facilitated communication ( FC ), or supported typing, is a scientifically discredited technique, [ 1] which claims to allow non-verbal people, such as those with autism, to communicate. The technique involves a facilitator guiding the disabled person's arm or hand in an attempt to help them type on a keyboard or other such device which they ...
One in 100 people (1%) worldwide [ 9][ 10] Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder[ a] ( ASD) or autism spectrum condition ( ASC ), [ 11] is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behavior that are impairing ...
Specialty. Audiology, neurology [ 1] Auditory processing disorder ( APD ), rarely known as King-Kopetzky syndrome or auditory disability with normal hearing ( ADN ), is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the brain processes sounds. [ 2] Individuals with APD usually have normal structure and function of the ear, but cannot process ...
Specialty. ENT/audiologist. [ edit on Wikidata] Auditory-verbal therapy is a method for teaching deaf children to listen and speak using their hearing technology (e.g. hearing aids, auditory implants (such as cochlear implants) and assistive listening devices (ALDs) (such as radio aids)). Auditory-verbal therapy emphasizes listening and seeks ...
Training regimen. Auditory integration training (AIT) aims to address the sensory problems such as hearing distortions and hyperacusis. Hyperacusis is better understood as oversensitive hearing. Both of which are said to cause discomfort and confusion in people with learning disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders.