At AAC WEST, we are dedicated to working with children and adults to find a communication aid or other AAC that suits an individual’s needs and lifestyle.
The people who use our service all have little or no speech and may also have a physical or cognitive impairment which makes accessing devices more complex. We may see people with:
- Progressive neurological diseases
- Cerebral palsy
- Head injury
- Stroke
- Learning difficulties
- Autism
- Developmental disorders
- Neurological disorders
In order to find the most appropriate aid/system assessments will look at the following areas:
- Hardware – type of device
- Software – the type of program
- Access - switch, eye-gaze etc.
- Positioning/mounting
- Vocabularies – symbol vs text and bespoke vs pre-made
- Low tech systems
