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How Ableism impacts people who use AAC

Center:

OR-Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Larissa Yoshino
[email protected]
503-494-7410

Product Description:

Ableism is a form of oppression with pernicious consequences for people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Speechism is the prejudice and discrimination of people because their language or mode of expression is deemed inferior. In this paper, an AAC user explains how Ableism and Speechism impacts people who use AAC and then gives suggestions on how these cultural trends can be prevented or upended.

Keyword(s):

AAC, Ableism, Speechism, Lived experience of people who use AAC, Leadership of disabled people

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Professionals

Alternative Format:

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2489662

COVID-19 Related Data:

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