1. Communication Bill of Rights AKKtiv ComAlong

2. Request 1. Right to request desired objects, actions, events and people and to express personal preferences and feelings. AKKtiv ComAlong

3. Possibility to choose 2. Right to be offered choices and alternatives. AKKtiv ComAlong

4. Decline 3. Right to refuse undesired objects, actions, or events and right to reject offered choices. AKKtiv ComAlong

5. Initiate 4. Right to request and receive another person's attention and interaction. AKKtiv ComAlong

6. Request feedback 5. Right to request feedback about a state, an object, a person or an event of interest. Vem hämtar idag? AKKtiv ComAlong

7. Professional intervention 6. Right to active treatment and intervention efforts to enable people with severe disabilities to communicate messages in whatever modes as effectively and efficiently as their specific abilities will allow. AKKtiv ComAlong

8. Get listened to 7. Right to receive a response to any communication, whether or not the responder can fulfill the request. AKKtiv ComAlong

9. AAC and AT 8. Right to have access to AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) and other AT (assistive technology) services and devices at all times, and that those function properly at all times. AKKtiv ComAlong

10. Communicative environment 9. Right to be in environments that promote one's communication as a full partner with other people, including peers. AKKtiv ComAlong

11. Get information 10. Right to b e informed about the people, things, and events in one’s immediate environment. AKKtiv ComAlong

12. Be respectfully spoken to 11. Right to be spoken to with respect and courtesy, and right to be spoken to directly and not be spoken for or talked about in the third person while present. AKKtiv ComAlong

13. Meaningful communication 12. Right to have clear, meaningful and culturally and linguistically appropriate communications. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Symbols Copyright © Widgit Software 2010 AKKtiv ComAlong

14. www.akktiv.se AKKtiv ComAlong