Can Being Denied Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Cause Lifelong Trauma?

• By: Ren Koloni, MA CommunicationFIRST
• December 30th, 2024
• actually autistic, advocacy, communication, disability rights, emotional regulation, inclusive education, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, trauma, trauma recovery, Winter 2025 Issue
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Complex trauma happens when someone feels they are trapped and alone in continuing threatening or unsafe circumstances, like child abuse, war, or racism (World Health Organization, 2019). In situations where a person experiences threats every day, changes occur to the part of the nervous system...