LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Communications for all

Madam, this is a humble effort to bring this significant issue to the knowledge of public and the intelligentsia through your reputed journal.Persons with severe disability were unable to communicate and comprehend. Communication disability affects multiple aspects of life, accesses to health care, self-perception, independence, and all the other routine activities of daily life that individuals encounter. According to ASHA (American Speech Language Hearing Association) around 2 million Americans are unable to speak adequately well to meet their basic wants and needs. To replace or enhance the language skills which include both spoken and written language skills people with speech and language impairment use Augmentative and alternative communications (AAC) methods. Speech and language impairment can be congenital or acquired it may be due to cerebral palsy, Parkinson s disease, apraxia of speech in children or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Whatever the problem is, Augmentative and alternative communications (AAC) can be used as temporary or permanent tool