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Disability and Rehabilitation Volume 37, 2015 - Issue 17: Special Issue: Social Media and Communication
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Research Paper

“We definitely need an audience”: experiences of Twitter, Twitter networks and tweet content in adults with severe communication disabilities who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Bronwyn HemsleySchool of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, Correspondence[email protected]
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Stephen DannCollege of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia,
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Stuart PalmerFaculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, and
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Meredith AllanFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
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Susan BalandinFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Pages 1531-1542 | Received 13 Jan 2015, Accepted 24 Apr 2015, Published online: 01 Jun 2015

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