Promoting engagement, requests and choice by a man with post-coma pervasive motor impairment and minimally conscious state through a technology-based program

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-388

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Belardinelli, Marta Olivetti ^b   Stasolla, Fabrizio ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^c   O'Reilly, Mark F ^d   Sigafoos, Jeff ^e   Angelillo, Maria Teresa ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f Post Coma Project   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Choice; Coma; Learning; Minimally conscious state; Multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449104622     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-008-9104-x     Document Type: Article

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