The Emoji Safety Plan: Relationship Skills with Autism (Augmentative and Alternative Communication, AAC)

-Rachel Dao, Clinical Psychologist

The Emoji Safety Plan is an alternative communication strategy you can use when you are unable to articulate what we need through words. They act as short cuts for communicating complex emotions and needs.

Just send the emoji as a text to the other person or say the emoji out loud "yellow circle emoji", "noodle bowl emoji".

The key is to make communication connecting, fun and incorporating humor whilst still being serious and vulnerable.

This is based off the talking aid devices/apps for non verbal or minimally verbal kids with Autism: