The Alternative

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Systems are just one of the many things that allow for people with differences to be able to communicate with others in a different way. According to ASHA, AAC is a way to "compensate for temporary or permanent impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions of individuals with severe disorders of speech-language production and or/comprehension, including spoken and written modes of communication" (ASHA, 2005a). While not…

ALT ED: The Alternative to Expulsion The fat girl, gay guy, cheerleader, jock-all in a class that is the alternative to expulsion from high school. The book ALT:ED written by Catherine Atkins and published September 9th, 2004. The main character is Susan Callaway, bullied and over weight Susan faces the tortures of high school. Enduring torment from her bully Kale Krasner about her weight. Atkins managed to make her book a lot like modern-day Breakfast Club ( a film released February 15th,…

neither linguistic or conceptual. Moral skepticism must take on the form of an error theory. The first and second order views are independent meaning that one could be a second order moral sceptic without being a first order and vice versa. The alternative to moral scepticism is subjectivism where everyone does what he thinks he should. The doctrine of moral subjectivism…

Justin Keck English 12 9/12/14 Alternative Fuel Sources As time wears on, our supply of nonrenewable fuels is decreasing at an alarming rate. If something does not change soon, our supply of oil and petroleum fuels, those most commonly used, will be diminished within the next 54 years, according to BP. With the knowledge of this impending shortage comes the urgent need for alternative fuels. An alternative fuel of recent popularity is natural gas. Natural gas is in limited supply, just like…

patient healthier. These treatments are called homeopathic or alternative treatments. Homeopathic cancer treatments are better than mainstream treatments because they are safer, have less side effects, and patients can maintain a better quality of life. Homeopathic treatments are different from the mainstream treatments. Mainstream treatments are chemotherapy and radiation. Homeopathic cancer treatments are medicines that…

Hypothesis test How to find the sample size for analytical studies and experiments? State the null and alternative hypothesis. Choose the statistical test based on the type of predictor and outcome variables. Choose an appropriate effect size. Set type 1 (alpha) and type 2 (beta) error. Use the appropriate table to to look for the corresponding sample size. Basic Concepts Hypotheses: Null and Alternative hypotheses People often look into statistical relationship through the test of…

One potential issue for Congress outlined by Andrew Feickert is the question of alternatives to Combatant Commands (COCOMs) (Feichert, 63). Citing COCOMs as a Cold War relic and militarized approach relevant for conflicts with known state actors and conventional forces, an alternative more suited to the current environment are Joint Interagency Organizations (Ibid.). Placing a strongly credentialed civilian in charge and answerable to the National Security Council (NSC), with a 4-star general as…

In lieu of this dilemma, public school alternatives, which can be a cyber, charter, magnet, or project based school, have become a lot more popular in the modern times, and as expected, there has been much debate about the effectiveness of these alternatives in comparison…

impeding quality of life at end of life. America is allowing its own society to be controlled by medicine and technology, alternative home care, and strangers, therefore…

The ending, "alternatives to divorce" was biased and harmful by overly encouraging the participates to stay in the marriage. Such statistics as "50%" or "40% or "more than 50%" aren 't shocking significant because a marriage is made of two people, 50% is one of two people. “40% have regrets about going through with their divorce.” That means 60% didn’t. “Over 50% of divorced people wish they would have tried harder to save their marriage.” So 41-49% believe they did everything they could to…