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Balandin, Susan; Hemsley, Bronwyn; Hanley, Leah; Sheppard, Justine Joan – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Changes in the swallowing capabilities of adults with cerebral palsy as they age may impact on their health, safety, and well-being. Method: Thirty-two adults with cerebral palsy aged between 30 and 69 years participated in in-depth interviews about their experiences of changes in their swallowing and related management of their…
Descriptors: Well Being, Safety, Cerebral Palsy, Adults
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Lister, Caroline; Juniper, Kirsten – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Investigated order of quantity concept development on a range of quantity conservation tasks. Subjects were 15 adults and children having spastic cerebral palsy from birth and attending the same special school or day unit. Found a sequence of development similar to that in children without the handicap, and scalogram analysis supported similarity…
Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Palsy, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Hustad, Katherine C.; Garcia, Jane Mertz – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
Purpose: This study compared the influence of speaker-implemented iconic hand gestures and alphabet cues on speech intelligibility scores and strategy helpfulness ratings for 3 adults with cerebral palsy and dysarthria who differed from one another in their overall motor abilities. Method: A total of 144 listeners (48 per speaker) orthographically…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Alphabets, Cues, Sign Language