ReviewAugmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)2025
Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training.
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.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- "JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Overcoming barriers to literacy for individuals who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2025Review
- 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
- External challenges for individuals who need or use AAC who are learning language: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2025Review
- AAC and technology: what's communication equity got to do with it?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
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
Historically, priorities for research, technology development, and professional training in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have been identified largely by nondisabled professionals with limited, if any, involvement of people who need or use AAC. In this paper, we argue that people who need or use AAC must be leaders and co-creators in all activities that are about them or impact them. AAC users are the ones who have the best insights into their unmet needs; they also are the best positioned to identify priorities, appropriate methods, and potential solutions to the needs of the AAC community. A paradigm shift toward inclusive research, technology development, and professional training will bring challenges, including: the current lack of knowledge and experience with these methods in the AAC field; the potential for tokenism; and systemic barriers driven by ableism, racism, and other oppression. Ultimately, the field will need to build meaningful collaborations guided by mutual respect, trust, and the consideration of new ideas through open communication, a shared vision, and a deep commitment to the guiding principle, Nothing about us without us.
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