What do you think about communication boards?

Question

When some one with a non speaking disability needs support to point letters.
The good and the ugly use or miss use of them.

If someone need assistant of someone else to point to the letters.

Answer 1

If a communication board helps a person communicate who can't talk in the normal way, then that is a win-win all the way around. It's very frustrating to be in that situation and it's very frustrating for their family to try to figure out what they want. Not everyone can use them, though. It depends on the type of language disorder they have. There is nothing "ugly" about helping someone try to learn to use a board like this.

Answer 2

As a stroke survivor involved in stroke support, I have heard nothing but positive things regarding a communication board. I never had to use one but to those that are affected in the communication part of the brain, communication boards are a worthwhile tool to use. But if the person has lost the ability to read, then a picture communication board must be used.

Answer 3

Do you mean the clear boards with the letters (or pictures) printed on them that a person uses by either pointing at the letters one at a time, or by directing his eyes towards them one at a time (if he can't move enough to point)? I think they work fine, but only with people willing to pay enough attention to the person using them and actually be patient while they "speak". If you mean the ones that a speach impaired person can type on to communicate, again I think they are quite useful... but people can be stupid and may avoid communicating with someone who uses one simply because they don't understand it. People make me mad.

Answer 4

It doesn't matter much what one thinks of them - they are essential tools for people who cannot speak well enough to be understood.

Answer 5

Not much.