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AAC – Augmentative & Alternative Communication
Source: American Speech – Language – Hearing Association
What is AAC?
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. We all use AAC when we make facial expressions or gestures, use symbols or pictures, or write.
Community Integration
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Brain Injury
Source: The Brain Injury Association of Canada:
What is Brain Injury?
Brain injury occurs suddenly, without warning. In an instant life is changed, forever. Everyday we participate in activities that produce endless risks for sustaining a brain injury; events include a car accident while driving to the grocery store, a fall from a bike, or a blow to the head.
Voice
Vocal Nodules
Vocal Cord Trauma
Vocal Cord Therapy – Mayo Clinic
Autism
From the Autism Canada Foundation:
What is Autism?
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurobiological condition that can affect the normal function of the gastrointestinal, immune, hepatic, endocrine and nervous systems. It impacts normal brain development leaving most individuals with communication problems, difficulty with typical social interactions and a tendency to repeat specific patterns of behaviour. There is also a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interests. Individuals on the autism spectrum tend to have varying degrees and combinations of symptoms and therefore treatment needs to be specific to the individual.
Apraxia
Source: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke:
What is Apraxia?
Apraxia (called “dyspraxia” if mild) is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or carry out skilled movements and gestures, despite having the desire and the physical ability to perform them. Apraxia results from dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres of the brain, especially the parietal lobe, and can arise from many diseases or damage to the brain.
Aphasia
APHASIA : What is aphasia?
Source: The National Aphasia Association
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that impairs a person’s ability to process language, but does not affect intelligence.
Aphasia impairs the ability to speak and understand others, and most people with aphasia experience difficulty reading and writing.