There are approximately 6000 people in Victoria with a severe communication impairment.
This paper presents the results of a state-wide survey conducted to provide information on …

Recent attempts to implement sign programmes with communicatively impaired individuals
have resulted in an increasing number of issues and questions which need answers …

The second phase consisted of semi-structured interviews with eight clinicians fromthe full
range of these service types, which allowed further exploration of issues identified from …

This report describes a program used 1) to train conversational skills to 'near-normal'autistic
individuals using caregivers and 2) to socially validate the program. Four 'near …

This article reviews some of the issues associated with the question,“What could a speech
therapist offer the autistic individual?” It proposes six areas of knowledge and skill which are …

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the therapy. Usually, a definition or rule is verbally stated (but may use other forms of aids to …