AAC Acronyms


February 9, 2021

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illustrations to represent Assistive Technology, AAC, speech-generating device, and speech-language pathologist

By: The NWACS Team

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Infographic defining four AAC acronyms. See the text to the right for the information via text-only format.

Are you new to this whole world of “AAC”? There are so many terms and acronyms and jargon – it’s an issue! We all need to be speaking the same language in order to improve the lives of our AAC users.

The infographic and text below defines some commonly used acronyms!

  • AT: Assistive Technology
  • AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • SGD: Speech-Generating Device
  • SLP: Speech-Language Pathologist

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