Across
- 2. an image that represents an object, a concept, or a message.
- 3. forms of AAC require some form of external support-either electronic or non-electronic.
- 7. an indirect method of access that entails stepping through choices that the user selects using switch activation.
- 10. the degree to which a sign or a symbol resembles or suggests its referent
- 12. the sequential presentation of symbols choices
- 13. used in AAC to represent objects, actions, concepts, and emotions.
- 14. picture exchange communication boards
- 15. microcomputer systems that allow for storage and retrieval of messages.
- 16. vocabulary of lower frequency words, mostly nouns, which tend to be context-specific.
- 18. vocabulary with high-frequency words that make 80% of the words we use every day.
- 19. forms of AAC that do no require an external tool but motor control.
Down
- 1. a scene of an environment consisting of drawings, photographs, and or virtual environments organized in a meaningful way.
- 4. natural speech that is recorded, stored, and reproduced.
- 5. assessment based on individual skills and needs determines appropriate AAC system features.
- 6. a display where one symbol automatically activates change in symbol set.
- 8. an integrated group of components used to enhance communication.
- 9. electronically produced speech
- 11. symbols that remain in a fixed location
- 12. nonelectronic systems such as picture boards, alphabets boards.
- 17. a hardware device that either opens or closes electrical circuits and is used to stop and start scanning on a communication device.