Meaning begins before fluent speech, and regulation must come before demands for compliance.
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Why this pathway exists
Many people communicate through AAC, gesture, movement, gaze, repetition, silence, timing, or changing sensory states. Support fails when the system treats this as noise.
Phase One establishes a research position. It does not claim a deployed care system, clinical authority, or a finished product.
The papers in this pathway
The memos are editorial guides derived from the published papers. The originals remain canonical.
The pathway made spatial
These are conceptual studies—not documentary photographs, production screens, or claims of deployment.
Questions carried forward
How can a prototype learn timing without learning one rigid stereotype?
When should a pause remain uninterpreted?
How should conflicts between signals, AAC output, and partner interpretation be surfaced?
Bring another form of knowledge
We welcome careful dialogue concerning AAC users and specialists, accessibility practitioners, communication researchers, sensory-informed practitioners, and interaction designers.
Please do not send children’s records or sensitive care data in an initial enquiry.
Begin with the research question and the perspective you bring.
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