Under the harsh fluorescent lights of an emergency room, most people can verbally communicate their symptoms and severity of pain to a nurse. Those who cannot use their voice to communicate must rely ...

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed augmentative and alternative communication technologies. In a clinical report out this ...

(TNS) — Ereeni Roulakis is a speech language pathologist who uses play-based speech and language therapy to help New Orleans children with communication disorders and differences. Such disorders can ...

Kaili Webster has cerebral palsy. Mostly non-verbal, she finds her voice with the use of an eye-controlled communication ...

Claire Davies is a member of the Canadian Accessibility Network and collaborates with the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. She receives funding from the Government ...

Communication is crucial to understanding what needs to be done in emergency situations. However, for individuals with speech disorders or for non-native English speakers, there can be barriers ...