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Research Article

Communicating the unknown: descriptions of pictured scenes and events presented on video by children and adolescents using aided communication and their peers using natural speech

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Pages 30-39 | Received 16 Jun 2017, Accepted 16 Dec 2017, Published online: 26 Jan 2018

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