Supporting Documentation for the Position Statement on Access to Communication Services and Supports

Abstract

This technical report was developed by the National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of Persons With Severe Disabilities. National Joint Committee member organizations and their respective representatives who prepared this statement include the American Association of Mental Retardation, Mary Ann Romski; the American Occupational Therapy Association, Jane Rourk; the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Beth Mineo Mollica, Rose Sevcik, Diane Paul-Brown (ex officio), and Alex F. Johnson (monitoring vice president); the Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness, Lee McLean (chair); RESNA, Kevin Caves; The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Pat Mirenda and Martha Snell; and the United States Society for Augmentative Alternative Communication, David Yoder.