Interventionists can (should?) promote bilingualism in children with disabilities from linguistically diverse families

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Simultaneous bilingual Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) interventions can effectively promote bilingualism and establish communication skills in nonvocal autistic children from culturally and linguistically diverse families. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Joseph M. Lambert

doi:10.1080/17489539.2026.2713008

August 24, 2026Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and InterventionOpen Access

Interventionists can (should?) promote bilingualism in children with disabilities from linguistically diverse families

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Key Points

To evaluate whether simultaneous bilingual augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions successfully establish dual-language communication repertoires in nonvocal autistic children from linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Assessed simultaneous bilingual AAC intervention protocols designed for nonvocal autistic children from culturally and linguistically diverse families.
Tracked communication skill acquisition and functional language use across home and societal language contexts.
Simultaneous bilingual AAC interventions support functional communication development across multiple languages without hindering overall communicative progress.
Dual-language communication support improves communicative interactions with both family members and educational providers in multilingual environments.

Implication

Intervention study demonstrates the effectiveness of simultaneous bilingual communication tools in nonvocal autistic children, highlighting the clinical value of heritage language support.

Abstract

Q (1) For nonvocal autistic children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds, (a) will a simultaneous bilingual Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) intervention establ...

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9b34451774b83f3b3caa https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2026.2713008

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Interventionists can (should?) promote bilingualism in children with disabilities from linguistically diverse families

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Interventionists can (should?) promote bilingualism in children with disabilities from linguistically diverse families

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