Abstract
Given the importance noted in the literature of interaction skills in face-to-face augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and the new ways of interacting that telecommunications offers to individuals using AAC systems (both graphic and orthographic), this study compared a face-to-face and telecommunications conversation between a speaking partner and an adult who uses Blissymbolics as his main method of communication. There were differences and similarities in patterns of utterance functions that suggest that the telecommunications mode of communication may provide a context in which the AAC user can exert greater control over the interaction and may encourage more symmetrical use of utterance functions. The findings of this study have implications for assessment, intervention, and development of communication skills in AAC users.
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