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|  |\n| ¡ AAC = Augmentative & Alternative Communication\u003Cbr>¡ Augmentative: adds to someone’s speech\u003Cbr>¡ Alternative: used instead of speech\u003Cbr>¡ Includes communication methods other than oral speaking/talking\u003Cbr>¡ Gestures\u003Cbr>¡ Facial expressions\u003Cbr>¡ Writing & drawing\u003Cbr>¡ Using pictures, symbols, etc .\u003Cbr>¡ Using a device\u003Cbr>¡ We all use forms of AAC | |\n| Based on ASHA’s definition of AAC 8 |  |\n\n8  \n2  \n1/15/25  \n\n| \u003Cbr>EXAMPLES OF AAC |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| | | |  | | 9 |\n|  | |  | |  |  |\n\n9  \nSTATE OF SEX EDUCATION FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES  \n¡ A 2012 national survey of special education students revealed only 53. 1% of youth with disabilities participated in sex education (Holmes, 2021)  \n¡ Students with developmental & intellectual disabilities are frequently excluded from sex education  \n¡ If students with disabilities were present to the lesson, the content may not have been accessible  \n¡ Curriculum developed for youth with disabilities is not always evidence-based (Holmes, 2021)  \n¡ Content is often censored or vague  \n¡ Adult com petencies and willingness to im plement sexual health education varies (Cacciatore et al., 2020)  \n¡ Children do not receive equal, age-appropriate information  \n¡ Children with disabilities are especially at risk of receiving insufficient sexual education  \n11  \n11  \n10  \nWHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS  \n§ People with physical/severe speech disabilities are 2-6 times more likely to experience abuse (Sobsey, 1994)  \n§ In a 2003 study of AAC users, 45% of 40 adults who participated experience crime or abuse (Bryen, Carey, & Frantz, 2003)  \n• 28% reported to police  \n§ 73-88% of participants in the Speak Up Project reported “no means” for communication about healthy sexuality and related topics (Collier et al., 2006)  \n12  \n12  \n3  \n1/15/25  \n13  \n15  \n\n| \u003Cbr>WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT FOR AAC? 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