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An Unspoken Code: Collaboratively Developed Ethics for Communication Support Professionals

Mon, April 11, 10:00 to 11:30am, Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Room 149 A

Abstract

Communication as a human right is upheld in Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While enactment of these principles is ever-evolving, individuals who require support to communicate experience inconsistencies in access to and quality of those supports. This study compiles elements critical to respectful and effective communication support, as described by stakeholders, to establish a professional Code of Ethics for communication support professionals that delineates the primary tenets, guiding principles and illustrative behaviors necessary for responsible, respectful and ethical communication support. Utilizing a Disability Studies lens, we explore how individuals that type can be best supported, and how support people can remain mindful of why rights to communicative justice should be upheld.

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