{"id":12961,"date":"2016-12-02T16:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=12961"},"modified":"2016-12-02T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:15:53","slug":"augmentative-communication-and-writing-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/departments\/rehabilitation-centre\/our-programs-and-services\/specialty-service\/augmentative-communication-and-writing-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmentative Communication and Writing Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Augmentative Communication and Writing Service (ACWS) provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services to adults with physical disabilities. AAC refers to a collection of communicative strategies and technologies that support individuals who cannot communicate effectively using natural speech or through writing.<\/p>\n<p>These can include non-verbal communication techniques such as facial expression, eye gaze and gestures, as well as other systems\/devices, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Picture\/symbol\/word communication displays<\/li>\n<li>Electronic devices that produce a synthetic or digitized voice<\/li>\n<li>Adapted computer systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our Services<\/h2>\n<p>Our dedicated team assesses and matches an individual&#8217;s needs and abilities to an AAC system and helps obtain and sets up any recommended equipment.<\/p>\n<p>As an expanded-level AAC clinic designated by the Assistive Devices Program (ADP), we can prescribe a range of AAC devices and obtain funding through ADP for lease or purchase as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment trials and continued team support are also provided.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Team<\/h2>\n<p>The ACWS team combines knowledgeable and skilled professionals from a number of disciplines, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speech-language pathology<\/li>\n<li>Occupational therapy<\/li>\n<li>Rehabilitation engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Making an Appointment<\/h2>\n<p>We serve to patients 18 years of age or older with acquired and congenital physical disabilities whose:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natural speech does not meet their daily needs (little or no speech\/difficult to understand speech) who require assistance with face-to-face communication<\/li>\n<li>Ability to write is compromised, affecting the patient\u2019s daily activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a service of The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre (TOHRC), ACWS accepts referrals from any of the physiatrists at the centre. Family physicians may also refer but a physiatrist consultation is required. A screening form will also need to be filled out.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>For further information, please contact:<br \/>\nThe Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre<br \/>\n505 Smyth Rd. Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M2<br \/>\n<strong>Tel.<\/strong>: 613-737-7350 ext. 78254<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Augmentative Communication and Writing Service (ACWS) provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services to adults with physical disabilities. AAC refers to a collection of communicative strategies and technologies that support individuals who cannot communicate effectively using natural speech or through writing. These can include non-verbal communication techniques such as facial expression, eye gaze and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":12914,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12961","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12961\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}