Learning to ask for objects and showing interest in things are often the first skills that children – or adults – master when they start using a speech-generating device. ![]() Speech-generating devices and apps have become popular augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) options for nonverbal or minimally verbal children and adults with autism. ![]() Wendt co-founded SPEAK MODalities, which develops software to help nonverbal and minimally verbal kids with autism improve their communication, speech and language skills. Today’s “Got Questions?” answer is from Oliver Wendt, Purdue University assistant professor and a researcher in the university’s speech, language and hearing sciences and augmentative and alternative communication programs. The following information is not meant to diagnose or treat and should not take the place of personal consultation, as appropriate, with a qualified healthcare professional and/or behavioral therapist.
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