Breaking the Silence: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for Autistic Children

• By: Holly Pinto, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist
• July 9th, 2025
• AAC, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, communication, language development, nonspeaking, nonverbal communication, parents, speech-language pathologist, Summer 2025 Issue, support, technology
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Imagine your child has thoughts, feelings, and ideas but struggles to say them out loud. For many parents of children on the autism spectrum, this is a daily experience. This is where Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) can help. What is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative...