What is AAC: An Overview

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Open Access, Placer County SELPA
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Disabilities Special Education Technology
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Overview

The Big AAC Picture Flipbook is an educational visual resource that explains Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) as a multimodal system that includes gestures, eye gaze, vocalizations, tools, symbols, and partner-supported strategies working together to support communication. It emphasizes that AAC is not a single device, but a coordinated system designed to give individuals access to meaningful interaction, participation, and influence in their environment. The flipbook highlights how communication partners use strategies such as modeling, aided language stimulation, and choice-making, while tools and symbols provide multiple ways for individuals to express ideas across contexts and communication partners.

Overall, the resource helps teams understand AAC holistically and supports consistent, effective communication support across settings.

  Keywords: Accessibility, Accessible Technology, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Inclusion, Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Neurodiversity, Speech or Langauge Impairment, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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Added on 6/2/2026   ·   Last updated on 6/2/2026