Analysis of visual resources of music and stories child videos with augmentative and alternative communicati

Abstract

Augmentative and Alternative Communication can provide access for people with complex communication needs to cultural materials historically produced by humanity. Therefore, it is necessary to know and analyze the materials that are available in society. The purpose of this article is to analyze music videos and stories with pictographic symbols of augmentative and alternative communication that are on YouTube's video sharing platform. For the search, the following keywords were used: “ARASAAC music”, “ARASAAC history” and “ARASAAC story”. 97 videos were analyzed using the Visual Resources and Pregnancy of Form content analysis categories. It was evident that the visual resources used were varied, providing low and high form pregnancies, but the principle of figure-ground of the pictograms was an element used by the vast majority of videos. Regarding the images presented in the materials, there were variations in their use, such as: background, scenery, complement or representation of a certain character, person or object. Regarding the texts, all materials that used writing were complete, unlike the pictogram applications, but only 14 videos used all the characters of the written language. This article discusses the importance of producing adequate and quality videos so that children with complex communication needs can access cultural goods, learn and develop.