All submissions for AAC can be made online using the journal’s ScholarOne Manuscripts site.

New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Procedure Summary:

• Submit a title page separately from the manuscript and otherwise ensure the manuscript does not include information that identifies the author during the review process.
• Include a cover letter using the template provided on the ScholarOne Manuscripts site.
• Conform to style requirements specific to AAC, respecting use of terminology and conventions for examples of communications with and by people who use AAC.
• Follow APA style requirements, as specified in the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
• Include all standard elements of research papers, e.g., abstract, introduction, methods and results sections, references, tables and figures.
• All figures must be in camera-ready format.
• A signed release form must accompany identifiable photographs of people.
• Manuscripts are considered on the strict condition that they have not been published or are under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• Submissions are subject to confidential peer review by experts in the field.
• The review process requires 2 to 3 months from date of submission on the Manuscript Central site. Reviewers’ comments (blinded) will be returned to the author.

Jackie Brown, Editorial Assistant, rbutus(at)shaw.ca