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A Comparison of Picture Exchange and Speech-Generating Devices: Acquisition, Preference, and Effects on Social Interaction

Jeff Sigafoos College of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vanessa A. Green College of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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Donna Payne School of Education, University of Tasmania, Australia
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Seung-Hyun Son Department of Education, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Mark O'Reilly Department of Special Education, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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Giulio E. Lancioni Department of Psychology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Pages 99-109 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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