Putting words into their mouths? Interviewing people with learning disabilities and little/no speech

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 166-169

  Brewster, Stephanie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Communication; Interview; Participatory research; Talking mats; Vocabulary selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847350276     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2004.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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