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Peer reviewedWillard-Holt, Colleen – Exceptional Children, 1998
Using a qualitative cross-case methodology over three years, this study investigated how two gifted students with cerebral palsy and no speech exhibited their cognitive abilities. Findings indicated such traits as maturity, goal orientation, persistence/determination, patience, recognition of limitations, desire for independence from aids and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Gifted Disabled
