The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) is celebrating Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) awareness month in connection with which it conducted a workshop on sign language here on Sunday.
AAC refers to a variety of communication techniques used by people who are unable to verbally communicate. AIISH said AAC awareness month is being celebrated throughout the world during October since 2007.
The objective of the AAC is to raise awareness of AAC and to inform the public about the different ways in which people communicate using AAC techniques and devices.