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Persons with Multiple Disabilities Accessing Stimulation and Requesting Social Contact via Microswitch and VOCA Devices: New Research Evaluation and Social Validation
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Didden, Robert; Oliva, Doretta; Campodonico, Francesca; de Pace, Claudia; Chiapparino, Claudia; Groeneweg, Jop – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The first of these two studies assessed whether 11 participants with multiple disabilities of 5.3-18.2 (M = 10.7) years of age would succeed in combining a microswitch for accessing preferred environmental stimuli and a Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA) for requesting social contact. The second study conducted a social validation assessment of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Stimulation, Interpersonal Relationship, Assistive Technology
Enabling Two Persons with Multiple Disabilities to Access Environmental Stimuli and Ask for Social Contact through Microswitches and a VOCA
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Oliva, Doretta; Severini, Laura – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
This study assessed the combination of two microswitches with a voice output communication aid (VOCA) with two persons (an adolescent and a young adult) with multiple disabilities. The microswitches allowed the participants to obtain direct access to preferred environmental stimuli; the VOCA enabled them to ask for caregiver's attention.…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Multiple Disabilities, Young Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication