Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
5-8-2024 11:00 AM
End Date
5-8-2024 1:00 PM
Subjects
Speech, language, and hearing
Advisor
Brandon Eddy
Student Level
Masters
Abstract
There is growing evidence from the perspectives of speaking autistic people that augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) supports their self-expression and communicative agency. Despite the evidence supporting the communication effectiveness of AAC, autistic adults have reported that professionals often prioritized speech as the ideal communicative method rather than offering AAC as a communication option. This study will investigate autistic adults’ AAC assessment experiences and explore whether a modified version of the Communication Participation Item Bank (CPIB) self-rating questionnaire could be an effective tool to document the internal states of intermittent, unreliable, insufficient, and/or expensive speech. Surveys will be distributed to speaking autistic adults who use AAC via online platforms upon IRB approval (in process). Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics and measures of correlation between CPIB scores and Likert scale ratings. Results from this study may help professionals to improve the AAC assessment process to better understand and measure the speech experiences of speaking autistic people who use AAC.
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Exploring Speech Experiences, CPIB Scores, and AAC Assessment Experiences of Autistic AAC Users with Intermittent, Unreliable, Insufficient, and/or Expensive Speech
There is growing evidence from the perspectives of speaking autistic people that augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) supports their self-expression and communicative agency. Despite the evidence supporting the communication effectiveness of AAC, autistic adults have reported that professionals often prioritized speech as the ideal communicative method rather than offering AAC as a communication option. This study will investigate autistic adults’ AAC assessment experiences and explore whether a modified version of the Communication Participation Item Bank (CPIB) self-rating questionnaire could be an effective tool to document the internal states of intermittent, unreliable, insufficient, and/or expensive speech. Surveys will be distributed to speaking autistic adults who use AAC via online platforms upon IRB approval (in process). Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics and measures of correlation between CPIB scores and Likert scale ratings. Results from this study may help professionals to improve the AAC assessment process to better understand and measure the speech experiences of speaking autistic people who use AAC.