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BETWEEN DARKNESS AND SILENCE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TICS AND DEAF-BLIND USING THE MORSE CODE TOOL
Política e Gestão Educacional, 2017 Based on the assumption that in the contemporaneity Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have assumed a primordial function to the access of knowledge, it is necessary to think and reflect how these technologies can be treated to enhance the
Calixto Júnior de Souza +1 more
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A Death in the Family: Disability Activism, Mourning, and Diagnostic Kinship
Disability Studies Quarterly, 2016 This article utilizes data from ethnographic research on deafblindness advocacy in Guatemala to show how families in this community create new forms of kinship with one another based on their children's shared diagnosis.
Elizabeth Lewis
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Empowering Persons with Deafblindness [PDF]
Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, 2018 Deafblindness is a condition that limits communication capabilities primarily to the haptic channel. In the EU-funded project SUITCEYES we design a system which allows haptic and thermal communication via soft interfaces and textiles. Based on user needs and informed by disability studies, we combine elements from smart textiles, sensors, semantic ...
Korn, Oliver +5 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2021 The parents, teachers, and professional caregivers of individuals with disabilities may benefit from interventions to enhance their educational skills. In previous studies, positive effects were observed of a video-feedback intervention for caregivers (i.
Saskia Damen +5 more
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Cognitive skills and reading in adults with Usher syndrome type 2 [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: To investigate working memory (WM), phonological skills, lexical skills, and reading comprehension in adults with Usher syndrome type 2 (USH2).
Björn Lidestam +3 more
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Deafblind Tactile Signers: The Dynamics of Communication and Space
Sign Language Studies, 2023 Abstract: The focus of this article is on deaf blind people who are or have been involved with deaf signing communities and, when vision changes, transition to tactile reception of sign language. This brings about a disconnection with the signing community, exploration of (other) possibilities, and seeking or creating deaf blind spaces.
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Listy klinicke logopedie, 2022 Communication opportunities for individuals with dual sensory impairments and mainstream society are supported by technical aids. A number of research teams are developing technical aids to facilitate and directly mediate communication.
Marína Štibrányiová
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Communication and Deafblindness, Special Needs Education, and New Perspectives on Deafblindness
Journal of Deafblind Studies on Communication, 2022 Introduction: In this valedictory lecture, the author presented new perspectives on deafblindness, by looking back at the studies performed in the field of Communication and Deafblindness from an educational perspective at the University of Groningen since her appointment as professor in 2008, preceded by her personal life story.
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Deafblind and Neglected or Deafblindness Neglected? Revisiting the Case of Beverley Lewis [PDF]
British Journal of Social Work, 2013 Deafblindness is a particularly complex impairment and deafblind people are considered to be some of the most vulnerable members of society; this includes vulnerability to abuse and harm. This paper explores this unique impairment in the illustrative case of Beverley Lewis, by reviewing archived published and audio material about the life and ...
Simcock, Peter, Manthorpe, Jill
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Related Services Research Project to Support the Education of Students with Deaf-Blindness: Final Report. [PDF]
, 1999 This Final Report documents the activities and products of the . Related Services Research Project to Support the Education of Students with Deafblindness, a four-year research project funded by the U.S.
Giangreco, Michael
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