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Conversations with Mexican Americans Regarding Children with Disabilities and Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Mary Blake Huer

California State University, Fullerton

Howard P. Parette, JR

Southeast Missouri State University

Terry Irvine Saenz

California State University, Fullerton

Focus groups consisting of seven family members of children with disabilities provided information for identifying and understanding issues influencing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) practices within a Mexican American community. The authors used a content analysis of the conversations to identify seven general perspectives: (a) Children understand the nonverbal communication of persons around them; (b) aided techniques are useful outside of the home; (c) families have great respect for professionals; (d) there is a need to focus on the human condition; (e) there is a preference for shared responsibility between the extended family members and professionals; (f) emphasis should be placed on the performance of simple tasks; and (g) devices in Spanish are needed. Emphasis is placed on qualitative research strategies that can provide cross-cultural awareness for practitioners providing AAC services.

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 4, 197-206 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/152574010102200405
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