'Communication is Everything:' the experiences of volunteers who use AAC

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-86

  Trembath, David ^a   Balandin, Susan ^b   Stancliffe, Roger J ^a   Togher, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult; Augmentative communication; Disability; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION; AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; COMPLEX COMMUNICATION NEEDS; GROUNDED THEORY; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; QUALITATIVE STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; SPEECH; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING; SPEECH; VOCABULARY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952915992     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2010.481561     Document Type: Article

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