ReviewAugmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)2025
External challenges for individuals who need or use AAC who are learning language: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.
Review in Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Impact of Hospitals on Language Learning: A Case Study of a 3-Year-Old Boy With Developmental Delay Who Needed Augmentative and Alternative Communication.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2026Article
- The Use of a Visual Scene Display for the Acquisition of Manding in Young Children with Complex Communication Needs.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Effects of Video Visual Scene Displays on the Symbolic Communication of Preschool Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Their Peers in a Shared Video Activity.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- An Examination of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Response Options for Academic Communication from Autistic Children.Journal of special education technology : a publication of Utah State University, the Association for Special Education Technology, and the Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children · 2026Article
- Dismantling societal barriers that limit people who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2025Review
- Supporting meaningful participation in society by adults with developmental disabilities who need and use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Language skills are essential to effective communication, but learning language is by no means a simple process for individuals with developmental disabilities who cannot rely on speech alone to be heard and understood. Research demonstrates that augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions positively impact development across language domains (e.g., pragmatics, semantics, morphosyntax) and may also benefit speech production. However, these gains can only be realized if people have timely access to effective AAC and have meaningful opportunities to interact with others. This paper integrates the lived experiences of individuals who need or use AAC and their families with key research findings to highlight external challenges that may negatively impact language learning, including delays in access to AAC, service providers' limited competencies in AAC, the lack of fit between AAC systems and user needs and strengths, limited opportunities for social interaction, and communication partners with limited experience and training in AAC. Future research, technology development, and policy change are urgently required to reduce these barriers. People who need or use AAC and their families must be involved as equitable partners in this work to ensure that it addresses their most pressing needs and results in meaningful and valued outcomes.
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