PASS (Picture Augmentative Synsemic
System)

PASS is a glyph system for use in habilitative Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) practices provided under an open font licence (free software and open source). At the core of its design are sustainability, regularity and independence from a specific language. PASS is based on precise rules and internal consistency criteria, which make it easier to understand the glyphs. PASS is designed PASS in a special font that allows words to be typed within a writing programme. In particular, the use of metasemical rhetorical figures (analogy, metonymy and synecdoche) in the design of graphic symbols for AAC was studied during the master's thesis. The study investigated which rhetorical figure is usually preferred in the representation of various terms in children with ASD and typically developing children. Much of the project can be found on Instagram at the profile @pass__aac.