Reimagining an Augmentative Communication: An Inclusive Curriculum Angle

Math Curriculum Adaptation for Disadvantaged Students in an Inclusive Classroom

This study was a part of the three-year longitudinal research on setting up an math learning model for the disadvantaged students in Taiwan. A target 2 grade class with 10 regular students and 6 disadvantaged students at a disadvantaged area in Taipei participated in this study. Two units of a market basal math textbook concerning fractions, three-dimensional figures, weight and capacity were a...

An Augmentative Communication Interface Based on Conversational Schemata

Many people with severe speech and motor impairments make use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. These systems can employ a variety of techniques to organize stored words, phrases, and sentences, and to make them available to the user. It is argued in this paper that an AAC system should make better use of the regularities in an individual’s conversational experiences ...

Hypertext as a host for an augmentative communication system

An Open Machine Translation System for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

In this paper we describe the characteristics of an open system we designed and implemented that adds Machine Translation (MT) capabilities into Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) applications. In particular, we present the basis for an open MT framework that can easily integrate with component-based developments especially regarding interpersonal communication and information pre...

Positioning for head control to access an augmentative communication machine.

The purpose of this paper was to study the effect of therapeutic positioning on the functional use of augmentative communication equipment. Recent literature on therapeutic positioning as it affects muscle tone and functional activities is reviewed. The effect of positioning intervention on rate and accuracy of head-controlled typing on an augmentative communication machine was measured. The ra...