A nonspeaking person participates in conversation

UW:LHD-050:en r01, new original master. Based on ARTICLE_EN.md, exact binding in DELIVERY.json. Production acceptance NOT_RUN.

Answer

Address the person and clarify a suitable expression method, wanted support and time. Absence of speech alone establishes neither absent understanding nor complete comprehension of every subject. Participation includes a personal question, correction, refusal and changed subject; an app and companion alone establish none of them.

Argument

I distinguishes speech, language and understanding, new sudden change from established communication. II extends participation beyond supplied options. III retains individual specialist assessment. IV considers time and a preserved turn. V keeps correction and uncertainty instead of invented agreement. VI distinguishes a message, mediation and authority. VII joins access with privacy and language. VIII preserves parental roles without adult duties for children; a child using AAC needs their own support. IX connects tools with conditions and honestly names resource gaps. X compares Seneca's ethical friendship with Paul's theological communal care while retaining differences. XI restores ordinary content beyond capacity examinations.

Application

New sudden difficulty speaking or understanding speech requires immediate emergency help; practice must not delay it. For ordinary contact, choose one task, address the participant, clarify established method and time, and check particular meaning while preserving correction. Assign neither writing, screens nor one pause to everyone. Unclear authorship is not declared an independent response; silence is not agreement. Consequential decisions and representation require relevant grounds. Without money, family, a phone or convenient writing, one manageable agreed request may help find a recipient; missing assistance remains a gap. Actual readers and services NOT_RUN.

Sources and limits

ASHA Practice Portal AAC, selected overview/system/partners/cognitive paragraph; CHSA AAC, 8 May 2026, main text; NJC Communication Bill of Rights, 3rd Edition, main text; WHO Assistive technology, 2 January 2024; CDC Signs and Symptoms of Stroke, 19 May 2026, selected signs; Seneca 6, Gummere; Paul 1 Corinthians 12:12–27, KJV. Exact links/read ranges in article/SOURCES.json, checked 24 October 2026. No device prescription, home comprehension test, local-service procedure or promised resource. Author review is neither independent, native, clinical, legal, production nor human acceptance. Import, indexing and publication NOT_RUN.