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Browsing Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) by Type "Article"
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(OTASA: Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2009-12)The South African occupational therapy profession is not immune to professional migration of colleagues to richer countries due to various external pull factors and internal push factors. This paper aims to identify and ...
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(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021-12-03)The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between university students’ perceptions of the overall quality of instruction (PQI) they experienced since COVID-19 and their academic well-being. This relationship ...
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Access to healthcare for persons with disabilities in Eswatini : a triadic exploration of barriers (Pretoria University Law Press, 2021-03)Eswatini ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol in 2012, subsequently developing the National Disability Policy. Regardless of this ratification ...
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(AOSIS, 2024-07)BACKGROUND: Individuals with communication disabilities encounter obstacles in attaining equal access to justice compared to others. Despite experiencing widespread violence and abuse, they come across as challenges in ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2018-03-08)BACKGROUND : South African speech-language therapists have identified the need for culturally valid and sensitive assessment tools that can accommodate multiple languages and cover a reasonable age range. The Mullen ...
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(Routledge, 2018)Student engagement is a prerequisite for successful learning. Due to the tremendous change in the use of information and communication technologies, the nature of this engagement has had to adapt to fit a hybrid approach ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2023-06-07)BACKGROUND : There is limited knowledge regarding the perceived participation of children with long-term health conditions in everyday activities. Children may have perceptions that differ from those of their primary ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-04-26)BACKGROUND : Understanding how the cognitive, emotional and behavioural components of sibling attitudes interact with one another at various stages of a sibling’s lifespan will allow clinicians to provide better support ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2025)This qualitative study aimed to describe speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs’) perspectives on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use for people with post-stroke aphasia focusing on: (a) current AAC practice, ...
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(Education Association of South Africa, 2024-08)Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies benefit learners with complex communication needs (CCN) by allowing them to participate, interact and learn. AAC is realised in the South African Education policy; ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2021-06-22)BACKGROUND : Unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are high. This is despite the call to action by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-03)BACKGROUND: Research has shown that all children and adolescents have the right to participate in their everyday life. However, little is known about what impacts the participation of children and adolescents with ...
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(Wiley, 2022-04)Person-centred care, with its central focus on the patient in partnership with healthcare practitioners, is considered to be the contemporary gold standard of care. This type of care implies effective communication from ...
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(University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 2022-12)South Africa is a low to middle income country (LMIC) with a population of 60 million people. The public health sector serves more than 80% of the population. Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is a central level ...
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(Tukkievaria, 2005-08-12)Two books were released by CAAC: "Augmentative and alternative communication and severe disabilities, beyond poverty" and "Just the same on the inside, understanding diversity and supporting inclusion in circle time".
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(Elmer Press, 2024-11)This paper describes a case study of a 56-year-old male patient with a small cavernous hemangioma and concurrent peripheral vestibular symptoms, initially thought to warrant neurosurgical intervention. A structured, ...
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(EASA, 2014-05)In South Africa, up to 70% of children of school-going age with disabilities are out of school. Of those who do attend, most are still in separate, "special" schools for learners with disabilities. This situation prevails ...
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(MDPI, 2023-11-13)Vulnerable youth and youth with disabilities are at great risk of not having their rights met. In addition, they face challenges with regard to empowerment and participation in their own lives. Youth development programmes ...
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(MDPI, 2020-09)In a low-and middle-income country (LMIC) such as South Africa, not much is known about how children with intellectual disabilities (ID) participate in everyday activities, as no studies to date have compared their ...
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(Wiley, 2021-10)PURPOSE : For many children, needle procedures are fearful events that are often painful. The first step in symptom management is to assess the child's pain and fear, and the next step is to use coping strategies to provide ...
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