Augmentative and Alternative Communication Decisions The Goal:
Interactive Communication Success in life can be directly
related to the ability to communicate. Full interpersonal
communication substantially enhances an individual's potential
for education, employment, and independence. Therefore, it is
imperative that the goal of augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC) use be the most effective interactive
communication possible. Anything less represents a compromise of
the individual's human potential. The Importance of Language The
next step is deciding how to achieve this goal. For most people,
the most effective approach is SNUG, spontaneous novel utterance
generation. SNUG allows a person to say anything he or she wants
at any time. SNUG is based on access to the individual words,
word combinations, and commonly used phrases of our language.
The alternative to SNUG is the use of pre-stored sentences.
While there is some utility in pre-stored sentences, e.g.,
faster communication, pre-stored sent