Preliminary analysis indicates Speech Generating Devices appear to be useful for developing communication in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Abstract

¹ Abstracted from: van der Meer, L. A., & Rispoli, M. (2010). Communication interventions involving speech-generating devices for children with autism: A review of the literature. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 13, 294–306. doi:10.3109/17518421003671494.

Source of funding and disclosure of interest: No funding sources were reported; no conflicts of interest were declared by the original authors of this research report.  This commentary was guest-edited by Dr. Chad Nye because the original paper had been published in a journal that is edited by one of the joint editors of EBCAI.

Acknowledgments

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Notes

¹ Abstracted from: van der Meer, L. A., & Rispoli, M. (2010). Communication interventions involving speech-generating devices for children with autism: A review of the literature. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 13, 294–306. doi:10.3109/17518421003671494.

Source of funding and disclosure of interest: No funding sources were reported; no conflicts of interest were declared by the original authors of this research report.  This commentary was guest-edited by Dr. Chad Nye because the original paper had been published in a journal that is edited by one of the joint editors of EBCAI.