tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post3468011672118237085..comments2024-03-19T18:36:41.875-04:00Comments on Yes, That Too: "But AAC Increases Speech!"Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-49956064389465179032016-07-09T08:35:46.822-04:002016-07-09T08:35:46.822-04:00Those are all sensible things. (I still don't ...Those are all sensible things. (I still don't like that not-speech is the scary thing, but in an environment where it is, and where the false claims are going around, defending the fact that AAC increases speech makes sense.)Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-17807926509018289352016-07-08T22:35:36.383-04:002016-07-08T22:35:36.383-04:00Hi, I'm a grad student about to be an SLP. A ...Hi, I'm a grad student about to be an SLP. A lot of parents at our campus clinic think that if we are recommending AAC that we are recommending a kid be set on a bad "track" at school. This is particularly true with parents who don't speak fluent English, cause they are used to their kids getting second-rate stuff. There are also the still-here people lying that ASL delays English acquisition. So we are used to being on the defensive on the subject.<br /><br />Also, there's so little in speech that is supported by a real solid body of evidence so we crow about something we've actually proven :pChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776642716803514049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-91509113668418564472015-04-27T11:55:31.548-04:002015-04-27T11:55:31.548-04:00Yeah. My favorite example is Deaf signers vs orall...Yeah. My favorite example is Deaf signers vs orally-trained deaf people. Piles and piles of research shows that by training deaf kids to speak & read lips and not sign, you set the kid up for serious, life-long struggles with communication and with communication-related skills. Meanwhile, if you use a combined oral & sign method, most of these kids seem to mainly ignore the oral component and use sign only - but they experience far less severe delays in communication and related skills.Ettinahttp://abnormaldiversity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-33029998539870002192014-09-19T11:28:30.353-04:002014-09-19T11:28:30.353-04:00I didn't have a particular opinion on people a...I didn't have a particular opinion on people answering or not, in this case. But since you did, cool.<br />1) Yeah, that's a legit worry. Of course, speech can also break down, so I'm not sure how that's different. (I don't avoid speech because it can break down, but I do plan to reduce the bad results of it breaking down.)<br />2) I mean, yes. But the second part of this one is where I take issue (and if tone is at all accurate, it sounds like you might too?) People never wanting to make any effort to understand someone, the effort all being on the side of the person trying to be understood. I don't think that's OK. (Also, BS on people who say they are ONLY used to oral speech, folks are totally used to blog and emails and texting nowadays)<br />3) Sadly, that's actually probably the bigger one, unless it's the unwilling to do ANY effort part of 2.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-41952972879656756862014-09-19T09:56:15.967-04:002014-09-19T09:56:15.967-04:00I don't know if you actually want to hear an a...I don't know if you actually want to hear an answer to the questions you pose, because I can never tell these things ;) but, I can think of 2 reasons why people would have a problem with a person relying on AAC for communication.<br />1) the device can break down<br />2) people are used to speech as communication. And let's face it, all communication always is a balance between the effort person A puts in to make themselves understood and the effort person B puts in to understand. (My philosophy of language teacher once said "I'd like it if I could just say 'ugh' and you understand the entire class, but it just doesn't work that way"). And frankly people never want to make any effort to understand someone, so everything has to go the way they're used to, which includes oral speech.<br /><br />Oh, and I just realised, probably 3) using AAC makes you so 'visibly impaired' and for some people that is the end of the world.<br />Petrahttp://www.twitter.com/geurtspetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-87264651801853163112014-09-16T11:08:19.037-04:002014-09-16T11:08:19.037-04:00AAC taking away speech is a lot like vaccines taki...AAC taking away speech is a lot like vaccines taking away allism. First of all, so what? and second, total bullshit, no it doesn't.DanYellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980471287660890566noreply@blogger.com