Microswitches and a speech-generating device seem to increase the communicative engagement of students with profound, multiple disabilities1

¹ Abstracted from: Lancioni, G. E., O’Reilly, M. F., Singh, N. N., Sigafoos, J., Oliva, D., & Severini, L. (2006). Enabling two persons with multiple disabilities to access environmental stimuli and ask for social contact through microswitches and a VOCA. Research in Developmental Disabilities doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2006.10.001

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"Microswitches and a speech-generating device seem to increase the communicative engagement of students with profound, multiple disabilities1 ." Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 1(4), pp. 174–175

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¹ Abstracted from: Lancioni, G. E., O’Reilly, M. F., Singh, N. N., Sigafoos, J., Oliva, D., & Severini, L. (2006). Enabling two persons with multiple disabilities to access environmental stimuli and ask for social contact through microswitches and a VOCA. Research in Developmental Disabilities doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2006.10.001

Source of funding: None reported