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Hanson and Fager describe communication supports that can enhance participation, as described in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Alternative access for persons with physical disabilities (Koester et al, 2025)

This paper addresses two main questions: “How well do existing alternative access methods meet users’ needs? And what is the best way to choose the “right” access method(s) for a given individual?”

Koester, H., Koch Fager, S., Gormley, J., Jakobs, E., Johnsen, K., & Brumberg, J. (2025). Supporting effective alternative access for individuals with physical disabilities: state of the science, emerging technologies, and future research directions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2499676

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SmartPredict: AAC app that integrates partner knowledge into word prediction

Multimodal Input to Enhance Access to Technology (Fager, 2018)

Update on the RERC on AAC (2018)

Online supports for preservice and inservice instruction in AAC (McNaughton et al., 2018)

Communication supports for people with motor speech disorders

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Alternative access for persons with physical disabilities (Koester et al, 2025)

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