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  2. Picture Exchange Communication System - Wikipedia

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    Example of basic PECS communication board. The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication system developed and produced by Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc. [1] PECS was developed in 1985 at the Delaware Autism Program by Andy Bondy, PhD, and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP. [2]

  3. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    An AAC user indicates a series of numbers on an eye gaze communication board in order to convey a word. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.

  4. Developmental verbal dyspraxia - Wikipedia

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    Principles of motor learning theory and intense speech-motor practice seem to be the most effective; Non-speech oral motor therapy is not necessary or sufficient; A multi-sensory approach to therapy may be beneficial: [25] using sign language, pictures, tactile cues, visual prompts, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can be ...

  5. Voice therapy - Wikipedia

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    Voice therapy consists of techniques and procedures that target vocal parameters, such as vocal fold closure, pitch, volume, and quality. This therapy is provided by speech-language pathologists and is primarily used to aid in the management of voice disorders, [1] or for altering the overall quality of voice, as in the case of transgender voice therapy.

  6. Assistive technology - Wikipedia

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    [29] [30] AAC devices can be no-tech (sign language and body language), low-tech (picture boards, paper and pencils), or high-tech (tablets and speech generating devices). [28] The choice of AAC device is very important and should be determined on a case-by-case basis by speech therapists and assistive technology professionals.

  7. Photo-text art - Wikipedia

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    Notable examples of photo-text art include Martha Rosler's The Bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems (1974/75); [1] [2] David Askevold's Muse Extracts, exhibited at Documenta 6 in 1977; Carrie Mae Weems' Family Pictures and Stories (1983); [3] Lorna Simpson's installation Guarded Conditions (1989); and Martha Wilson's I have become my ...

  8. What It's Like to Attend a 'Don't Die' Summit, Where People ...

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    His 30-minute welcome speech is part wayfinding explanation, part hype session for the Longevity Park, where we can explore vendors marketing products and services such as hyperbaric oxygen ...

  9. Rehabilitation (neuropsychology) - Wikipedia

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    Physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, hot and cold therapy, and other methods that "exercise" specific brain functions are used.For example, eye–hand coordination exercises may rehabilitate certain motor deficits, or well-structured planning and organizing exercises might help rehabilitate executive functions following a traumatic blow to the head.