The Intersection of Culture and ICF-CY Personal and Environmental Factors for Alternative and Augmentative Communication

No AccessSIG 12 Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationArticle31 Mar 2016The Intersection of Culture and ICF-CY Personal and Environmental Factors for Alternative and Augmentative Communication Danai Kasambira Fannin Danai Kasambira Fannin School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, IL Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/persp1.SIG12.63 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Clinicians facilitate successful use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). The most clinically competent providers, however, address needs that extend beyond technical AAC use to help clients experience full participation. This can only be achieved for all clients by considering individual cultural factors that affect their participation. This article describes how Personal and Environmental Factors of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) International Classification…