Easy read
Also called Easy Read, Easy-read, Easy read format, Accessible information
Documents written to a standard that people with a learning disability can use, what the standard demands, and why a summary with clip art is not it.
Communication A to Z
AAC, core vocabulary, partner-assisted scanning, a communication passport. Meetings and leaflets are full of words everyone seems to know already. More than three hundred of them explained in plain English: what each one is, who it helps, and what you can do about it this week.
Please note: This page is general information about communication and the ways people are supported to communicate. It is not an assessment, a diagnosis or speech and language therapy, and it does not know the person you have in mind. If you are worried about someone's speech, language or communication, ask a GP, a health visitor or a speech and language therapist. In an emergency, call 999; if you cannot speak, Relay UK on 18000 or the emergencySMS service reach the same operators.
8 topics filed under E.
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Echolalia
Also called Immediate echolalia, Delayed echolalia, Scripting, Echoing
Repeating words, phrases and whole scenes from television isn't noise or a habit to extinguish; it's communication in chunks, and the job is to work out what each chunk means.
End-of-life communication
Also called Palliative care and AAC, Advance care planning and communication, Dying without speech
Saying what matters at the end, and planning ahead for the day speech goes, so that the last words are still yours.
Environmental control
Also called ECS, Environmental control system, EADL, Electronic assistive technology, Smart home control
Using the same switch, gaze or voice that runs your communication aid to work the lights, the telly, the door and the bed.
Expanding and recasting
Also called Expansion, Recast, Extension, Reformulation
They say 'dog run'. You say 'Yes, the dog is running'. You've confirmed the message, fixed the grammar and added a word, and you've corrected nothing.
Expressive language
Also called Language production, Output
Getting a message out of your head and into someone else's, by speech, sign, symbol, typing or pointing. The means doesn't matter; the message does.
Eye gaze
Also called Eye tracking, Eye control, Gaze access, Eye-gaze technology
Choosing by looking: a camera under the screen tracks the eyes, and a steady gaze on a cell selects it. Fast, hands-free, and fussier than it looks.
Eye gaze calibration
Also called Calibration, Gaze calibration, Eye tracker calibration
Teaching the camera this person's eyes by having them follow a few dots. Why it fails, what to change, and when to stop trying and skip it.
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