11/05/2021
Why Do We Need Augmentative and Alternative Communication?
Sue Rubin: "The problem arises when a person's intelligence is based on his ability to communicate. If he can't express his thoughts, it is assumed he is re****ed and doesn't have the need for a communication system that allows for sophisticated thought. The person who has not developed a thinking process will never be able to, and the person who can't express his thoughts will be thought not to have any ... Socially, my communication system has truly proved invaluable. Without it I would still be a 'non- thinking' person wrapped up in autism instead of the intelligent person I am, who is thoroughly enjoying life in spite of a significant disability." (Sue Rubin, One Size Does Not Fit All – Matching a Thinking System to a Student, TASH Connections, May 2002, Vol. 28, No. 5.)
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