{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.02979876160990712, 'fraction_numerical': 0.023993808049535603, 'mean_word_length': 5.320293398533007, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 0, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 0, 'https://': 0, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
Bondy, A., & Frost, L. (2011). A Picture's Worth: PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism, Second Edition.

Andy Bondy and Lori Frost are the co-developers of PECS or the Picture Exchange Communication System and co-founders of Pyramid Educational Consultation Inc. in Newark, Delaware specializing in producing and disseminating what they term ‘‘integrated approaches’’ aimed at providing effective education for those with autistic spectrum disorders. Bondy received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro whereas Frost, a speech and language pathologist, received her MS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Over the course of their careers, both have been active in providing direct service, research and, together and separately, have produced many papers, books, lectures, and workshops in the field of functional analysis of language behavior and the use of augmented communication strategies. The first edition of this book appeared in 2001. New research has provided enhanced strategies to promote independent communication for children with autism and related disabilities, with the second edition reflecting these additions and refinements to the procedures noted in the first. Their book is a part of the Special-Needs Collection, a series edited by Sandra Harris of Rutgers University. Bondy and Frost begin this book with the often expressed concern that introducing children to non-speech communication systems might impair the child’s ability to learn conventional spoken language. Evidence presented throughout their book seems to suggest that use of non-language communication systems actually enhances speech development as well as providing other significant benefits such as reduced frustration due to the current availability of alternative effective communication strategies. Bondy and Frost begin by tackling the definition of communication, noting that it is no easy task to do so. A Google search for a definition of communication resulted in 37.5 million responses. The American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association committee on language defines language as ‘‘a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various modes for thought and communication.’’ Thus, language can be made up of spoken and written words and can also consist of gestures, as in sign language, symbols, as in braille, or other codes and pictures. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 34:163–176, 2012 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0731-7107 print=1545-228X online DOI: 10.1080/07317107.2012.684657