Amy Donaldson: Financial Disclosures: Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation; employed as Associate Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences at Portland State University; grant funding from National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Nonfinancial Disclosures: None endever* corbin: Financial Disclosures: Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation Nonfinancial Disclosures: None
Description:
This session discusses communicative choice and agency for students on the autism spectrum. The speakers address these topics within a framework of neurodiversity and anti-ableism, presenting recommendations from the autistic community to support professionals in facilitating communication access for all children, including speech and augmentative and alternative communication.
Learning Outcomes:
You will be able to:
List three types of speech demonstrated by speaking autistic children who use AAC
Describe three strategies to support communication access for autistic children
Explain how models of disability can influence approaches to communicative choice and agency
