McNaughton

Light et al. review the state of the science related to AAC technologies that are developmentally appropriate and responsive to the needs of children with CCN and their partners.

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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Effect of video VSDS on the communicative turns of preschoolers with ASD (Chapin et al., 2021)

RESNA 2019

RERC on AAC: Progress on Research, Development, and Training Activities (McNaughton et al., 2019)

Building capacity in AAC (McNaughton et al., 2019)

State of the science on AAC technology for children with CCN (Light et al., 2019)

Recent Publications and Presentation

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

Conferences

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