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  • Helping or Homogenizing? GenAI as a Design Partner to Pre-Service SLPs for Just-in-Time Programming of AAC

    Cynthia Zastudil, Christine Holyfield, Christine Kapp, Kate Hamilton, Kriti Baru, Liam Newsam, June A. Smith, Stephen MacNeil · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

    This paper investigates the integration of generative AI into augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, specifically examining how AI-suggested hotspots affect the creation of visual scene displays (VSDs). VSDs are image-based communication tools that embed…

    augmentative and alternative communication · AAC · visual scene displays · generative AI · autism

  • One Does Not Simply 'Mm-hmm': Exploring Backchanneling in the AAC Micro-Culture

    Tobias M Weinberg, Claire O'Connor, Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela, Stephanie Valencia, Thijs Roumen · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

    This paper explores how users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technology engage in backchanneling—the subtle verbal and non-verbal signals (like "uh-huh," nods, and facial expressions) that listeners use to show engagement, signal understanding, and maintain…

    AAC · backchanneling · non-verbal communication · micro-culture · listener feedback

  • Exploring the Usability of Gaze-based Mobile Communication in Ghana

    Victoria Austin, Gifty Ayoka, Giulia Barbareschi, Richard Cave, Catherine Holloway · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

    This study evaluates the usability of Look to Speak, a free Android-based eye-gaze AAC application developed by Google Creative Lab, for people with severe communication disabilities in Ghana. The research involved training 10 local speech and language therapists (SLTs) and…

    augmentative communication · AAC · eye gaze · Global South · Ghana

  • Accessible Technology for Adults with Down Syndrome: A Scoping Review

    Hailey L. Johnson, Bilge Mutlu · 2025 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

    This scoping review synthesizes 20 peer-reviewed publications examining digital technologies designed and used by adults with Down syndrome (AwDS), defined as individuals aged 18 and older. The authors followed PRISMA-ScR guidelines, searching six academic databases (ACM Digital…

    Down syndrome · intellectual disability · cognitive accessibility · assistive technology · scoping review

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