AAC & Adults — Employment and Other Issues
Perspectives on Adults with AAC from CALL Centre – on-line 33-page book by Augmentative Communication in Practice–Scotland (includes issues for users, families, and partners; AAC in hospital setting; and more). NOTE: "... it has become increasingly apparent that ongoing support is required if AAC users are going to learn and continue to use their AAC systems correctly." http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk/SCN/Adults_SCA/Adults_SCB/adults_scb.html
AAC and Employment: Student Transition from School to Career. Presenter: Gaylon Ponder, AAC Consultant, Words+, Inc. Proceedings of Center On Disabilities Technology And Persons With Disabilities Conference 2005. http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2005/proceedings/2463.htm
AAC Performance: The Human Factors Impact. Presenters: Barry Romich, P.E., AAC Institute; Katya Hill, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (CATER). Proceedings of Center On Disabilities Technology And Persons With Disabilities Conference 2005. http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2005/proceedings/2148.htm
Effective communication for adults with intellectual disability. Review of literature for National Advisory Committee on Health and Disability to inform its project on services for adults with an intellectual disability. Anne Bray, Ph.D. Dip. Grad., Donald Beasley Institute, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2003. http://www.donaldbeasley.org.nz/publications/NHC_EffectiveCom.pdf
Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Employment Conference for Augmented Communicators. This site has proceedings from 2001, 2005, and 2007, including full text of presentations by AAC users with an employment focus. http://www.shoutaac.org/pastpecconferences.htm