Cartilha ilustrada: comunicação aumentativa e alternativa

Abstract

Communication is essential to human development, enabling the expression of ideas, feelings, and needs, and playing a key role in building interpersonal relationships and promoting active participation in society. However, many people around the world have their ability to communicate verbally compromised due to neurological conditions, disabilities, or hospitalization contexts, which affects their autonomy and quality of life. These communicative limitations significantly hinder social participation, as they impair even the expression of basic needs. This work aims to highlight the use of illustration as a design tool for translating information and, based on that, to present the development of an illustrated booklet focused on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The material, created through interviews, testing, and graphic analysis, seeks to facilitate communication for hospitalized patients with verbal restrictions, using illustrations to represent emotions, symptoms, and basic needs. Ultimately, the project aims to contribute to the humanization of care and to the promotion of more accessible and effective communication within the hospital environment, ensuring the best possible care.