Challenges of Developing Communicative Interaction in Individuals with Congenital Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Blain-Moraes, Stefanie; Chau, Tom
Titel	Challenges of Developing Communicative Interaction in Individuals with Congenital Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 37 (2012) 4, S.348-359 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-8250
DOI	10.3109/13668250.2012.721879
Schlagwörter	Interaction; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Human Body; Physiology; Multiple Disabilities; Severe Mental Retardation; Congenital Impairments; Cerebral Palsy; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interaktion; Menschlicher Körper; Physiologie; Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Hirnlähmung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Background: Physiological responses have been used in individuals with acquired disability to enable communicative interaction without motor movement. This study explored four autonomic nervous system (ANS) signals--electrodermal activity, skin temperature, cardiac patterns and respiratory patterns--to enable interaction with individuals born with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). Method: A series of case studies were conducted to teach a 15-year-old individual with PIMD to voluntarily control his ANS signals for the purposes of communicative interaction. Training was carried out according to an alternating treatment single-subject research design. Results: Training was unsuccessful; however, ANS signal patterns revealed issues unique to people with PIMD: profound intrasubject variability, discrepancy between physiological responses and caregiver perspectives, and the participant's lack of contingency awareness. Conclusions: These three priority areas unique to people with congenital PIMD must be addressed before ANS signals can be used to enable communicative interaction with this population. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10