Communication and empowerment: A place for rich and multiple media?

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-379

  Bunning, Karen ^a   Heath, Becky ^a   Minnion, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Iversity of East London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acessibility; Communication; Empowerment; Talking mats; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249099302     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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