Background A significant proportion of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience
speech, language and communication difficulties which are associated with poor physical …

Purpose: Stereotypy is pervasive among persons with autism and may impact negatively on
social inclusion and learning. The implementation of resource-intensive behavioral …

Communication deficits in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can manifest in a
myriad of lifelong social and educational challenges. Many children with ASD fail to learn …

Background Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for assessing
whether an intervention is effective; however, they require large sample sizes in order to …

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often experience significant
communication impairment. A number of research-based intervention approaches have …

Interactions between caregivers and their children play an important role in the development
of social communication skills. Features such as contingent parent responsiveness, infant …

This thesis includes four research papers, each devoted to a topic in philosophy of cognitive
disability and its intersection with other areas of philosophy. Three focus on issues of …

Exploring perspectives on acceptability of pediatric autism therapies (occupational therapy
(OT, speech language pathology (SLP) services, applied behaviour analysis (ABA)-based …

The present study aimed to carry out a literature review of articles on behavior analysis, in
national and foreign journals, aimed at the acquisition and expansion of vocal repertoire in …

Trajectories of expressive language development are highly heterogeneous in autism. I
examine the hypothesis that co-morbid speech production difficulties may be a contributing …