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augmentative and alternative communication

umbrella term describing techniques used for those with communication impairments
Class type of: communication Q781083

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
communication
Has use
communication[2]
Facet of
assistive technology[3]
Different from
facilitated communication[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en AAC en augmentative communication en augmentative and alternative communication en alternative communication ar تواصل بصري cs augmentativní a alternativní komunikace de unterstützte Kommunikation de UK es comunicación alternativa y aumentativa es comunicacion alternativa y aumentativa es comunicacion alternativa es comunicación alternativa fa ارتباط تقویتی و جایگزین fi puhetta tukeva ja korvaava kommunikaatio fr communication améliorée et alternative he תקשורת תומכת וחליפית hu augmentatív és alternatív kommunikáció id Komunikasi augmentatif dan alternatif it comunicazione aumentativa e alternativa ja AAC
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85058677
GND ID
4288978-9
OpenAlex ID
C2778121785
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/16443
Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors ID
1856
BNCF Thesaurus ID
54570
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120044773
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.9, 617.89
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/augmentative-and-alternative-communication
Freebase ID
/m/06mkbx
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
alternativ_og_supplerende_kommunikasjon
J9U entity ID
987007548372705171
Show all 21 identifiers +9
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
communication-aids
KBpedia ID
AugmentativeAndAlternativeCommunication
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778121785, 2910843611
NL CR AUT ID
ph221973
Quora topic ID
Augmentative-and-Alternative-Communication
SVKKL authority ID
0208247-alternativni-a-augmentativni-komunikace
Topic's main category
Category:Augmentative and alternative communication
YSO ID
21723
Yale LUX ID
concept/75fbc603-57a0-412d-97cf-cfb66de07055

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🔗 Connections
← Has use 2
speech-generating device, Proloquo
← Main subject 2
Out of My Mind, Proloquo
Different from 1
facilitated communication
Examples 1
Makaton
Facet of 1
assistive technology
Has use 1
communication
Subclass of 1
communication
Topic's main category 1
Category:Augmentative and alternative communication
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Augmentative and alternative communication
← Field of work 1
International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
← Possible treatment 1
high-functioning autism
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Summary

augmentative and alternative communication is a type of communication[1].

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  1. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0208247-alternativni-a-augmentativni-komunikace
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0208247-alternativni-a-augmentativni-komunikace, batch #259599"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → assistive technology
    Subclass of → communication
    Topic's main category → Category:Augmentative and alternative communication
    Different from → facilitated communication
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 21723, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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