No Voice, No Choice research reports

Scope's No Voice, No Choice reports look at the experiences of disabled people who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), their families and the professionals who work with them. They also talk about what the Government need to do improve communication support in the future.

How to Commission AAC Services
How communication equipment should be commissioned in the future

What the Future of AAC should look like
What people from the AAC community think the future of AAC should look like.

Professionals' experiences of AAC
Professionals’ experiences of providing and supporting the use of communication equipment.

Disabled people’s experiences of AAC
Summary of our research into disabled people’s experiences of using communication equipment.

Communication aid journey map

Other publications

Fighting Hard
Parents' experience of accessing communication support for their child.

Speak for Yourself
By James Ford
Disabled people identify good and bad experiences they have had in obtaining and using communications aids.
2000. 40 pages. ISBN: 094682861X
£3.30 to individuals/£12.75 to organisations

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