Member Organizations of the NJC
National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities (NJC)
The Committee consists of members from the following organizations:
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- American Physical Therapy Association
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
- Council for Exceptional Children/Division for Communication, Language, and Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- TASH
- United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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The interdisciplinary composition of this committee reflects the pervasive importance of communication in all spheres of human functioning and across traditional boundaries. The shared commitment to promoting effective communication by persons with severe disabilities thus provides a common ground on which the disciplines represented by the member organizations can unite in their efforts to improve the quality of life of such persons.
