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Catherine Antalek; Susana Castro-Kemp; Fiona Dixon; Anna Melissa Romualdez – UK Department for Education, 2025
In the SEND Code of Practice (DfE, 2015), autism falls under the broad category of Communication and Interaction needs. However, the code also states that autistic children and young people "may have needs that cut across all areas" of SEND (DfE, 2025, p.85). Autistic children may experience sensory processing differences (i.e.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Special Needs Students, Students with Disabilities, Sensory Experience
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Usree Bhattacharya; Wisnu A. Pradana – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2024
This study tackles the question: how is literacy engagement enacted in the context of significant disability? We delve into the complex literacy practices of Kalika, a three-year-old child with Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, to elucidate how she engages with printed text. Rett syndrome leads to near total loss of verbal…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Emergent Literacy