AAC practices in everyday interaction

摘要

It is almost 30 years since the publication of Arlene Kraat's state-of-the-art report on communicative interaction involving people provided with communication aids (Kraat,1985). Kraat's crucial report highlighted the diversity of approaches used to investigate social interactions, and for the first time drew attention to many core features and concepts that characterize social interaction in the AAC field, such as the co-construction of aided contributions, the impact of the communication partner, and the influence of technology on interaction. While the years immediately following Kraat's publication saw only gradual developments in AAC-related social interaction research, by default the enduring relevance of social interaction as a defining outcome of AAC provision has precipitated a continuing need for research in this area.