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Augmentative and Alternative Communication

South African Family Practice, 1994
No abstract available.
Erna Alant, Juan Bornman
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Imagining alternative futures with augmentative and alternative communication: a manifesto. [PDF]

Med Humanit
This manifesto seeks to challenge dominant narratives about the future of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Current predictions are mainly driven by technological developments—technologies usually being developed for different markets—and are often based on ableist assumptions.
Sellwood D, McLeod L, Williams K, Brown K, Pullin G.   +4 more
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Investigating Court Accommodations for Persons with Severe Communication Disabilities: Perspectives of International Legal Experts

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2021
Globally, persons with disabilities, specifically individuals with severe communication disabilities, require a range of court accommodations to enable them access to the court system, thereby realizing their right to access to justice.
Robyn White, Ensa Johnson, Juan Bornman
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The involvement matrix as a framework for involving youth with severe communication disabilities in developing health education materials

Health Expectations, 2022
Introduction Involving youth with severe communication disabilities in health research is foregrounded in a perspective of rights and participation. Researchers aligned with a participatory and inclusive research agenda recommend that involving youth in ...
Shakila Dada, Adele May, Kirsty Bastable, Alecia Samuels, Kerstin Tönsing, Jenny Wilder, Maureen Casey, Constance Ntuli, Vasu Reddy   +8 more
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Barriers to and facilitators of employment of persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

African Journal of Disability, 2021
Background: Unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are high. This is despite the call to action by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Sustainable Development ...
Refilwe E. Morwane, Shakila Dada, Juan Bornman   +2 more
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Transformative equality: Court accommodations for South African citizens with severe communication disabilities

African Journal of Disability, 2020
Background: Persons with disabilities are generally at greater risk of experiencing violence than their peers without a disability. Within the sphere of disability, individuals with severe communication disabilities are particularly vulnerable and have ...
Robyn M. White, Juan Bornman, Ensa Johnson, Karen Tewson, Joan van Niekerk   +4 more
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Use of consumer wireless devices by South Africans with severe communication disability

African Journal of Disability, 2016
Background: Advancements in wireless technology (e.g. cell phones and tablets) have opened new communication opportunities and environments for individuals with severe communication disabilities.
Juan Bornman, Diane Nelson Bryen, Enid Moolman, John Morris   +3 more
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The Impact of Visual Sequencing of Graphic Symbols on the Sentence Construction Output of Children who have Acquired Language

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007
Although the sequence of graphic or pictorial symbols displayed on a communication board can have an impact on the language output of children, very little research has been conducted to describe this.
Erna Alant, Amelia du Plooy, Shakila Dada   +2 more
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Attitudes of Children Towards Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2001
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of voice output, as a characteristic of a child's AAC system, on the attitude of unfamiliar peers.
Margaret Lilienfeld, Erna Alant
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The perspectives of healthcare practitioners on fall risk factors in older adults

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2020
Background: Accidental falls could have severe and far-reaching consequences for older adults, their families and society at large. Healthcare practitioners’ (HCPs) perspectives on fall risk factors in older adults could assist in reducing and even ...
Hendrika de Clercq, Alida Naude, Juan Bornman   +2 more
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