Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
3 results found in communication methods.
- Key Word Signing (KWS, Keyword Signing, Signs Supporting English)
- An augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) method that uses manual signs from a national sign language alongside spoken words to support communication. Unlike native sign language, KWS users …
- Oralism (Oral Method, Oral Education)
- An educational philosophy and approach for deaf and hard of hearing individuals that emphasizes spoken language and lip-reading over the use of sign language. Historically, oralism dominated deaf educ…
- Signed Exact English (SEE, SEE-II, Signing Exact English)
- A manually coded sign system that represents spoken English visually by following English grammar, word order, and morphology rather than using the natural grammar of American Sign Language (ASL). Unl…