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See What I Mean: Interpreting the Meaning of Communication by People with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities
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In a social and political climate which encourages active participation in decision-making by people who have severe and profound intellectual disabilities, the onus is often on practitioners, care workers, and policymakers to encourage active participation.Abstract:
In a social and political climate which encourages active participation in decision-making by people who have severe and profound intellectual disabilities, the onus is often on practitioners, care ...read more
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Conducting qualitative research with people withlearning, communication and other disabilities:Methodological challenges
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the research literature and discussed the issues that arise in conducting qualitative research with people for whom traditional methods of qualitative research might present challenges for researchers, focusing on children and adults with learning difficulties, communication difficulties or other disabilities such as autism.
Interviewing Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of guidelines for critical self-evaluation by those engaged in systematically collecting the views of children and young people with learning disabilities is proposed, based on a series of questions concerning: research aims and ethics (encompassing access/gatekeepers; consent/assent; confidentiality/anonymity/secrecy, recognition, feedback and ownership; and social responsibility).
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Interviewing children and young people with learning disabilities*: guidelines for researchers and multi‐professional practice
Ann Lewis,Jill Porter +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of guidelines for critical self-evaluation by those engaged in systematically collecting the views of children and young people with learning disabilities is proposed, based on a series of questions concerning: research aims and ethics (encompassing access/gatekeepers; consent/assent; confidentiality/anonymity/secrecy, recognition, feedback and ownership).
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Ascertaining the views of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
TL;DR: In this article, a case study is used to demonstrate that, in relation to major life decisions, taking account of a wide range of assessment information may give a clearer picture of the preferences of someone with profound and multiple learning disabilities than subjective interpretations of their behaviour or proxies.
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Choice as an Aspect of Quality of Life for People With Intellectual Disabilities
Ivan Brown,Roy I. Brown +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review and extend what is known about choice, and set out a conceptualization of its two main components: available opportunities and choice-making The most important characteristics of opportunities are breadth and familiarity, and the most important characteristic of choice making are freedom, initiative, and skill.
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The Mathematical Theory of Communication
TL;DR: The theory of communication is extended to include a number of new factors, in particular the effect of noise in the channel, and the savings possible due to the statistical structure of the original message anddue to the nature of the final destination of the information.
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Understanding other minds : perspectives from autism
TL;DR: The theory-of-minds hypothesis of autism has been studied extensively in the literature as mentioned in this paper, with a focus on the role of imitation in understanding persons and developing a theory of mind evolving over time.
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Response biases in interviews of individuals with limited mental ability
Laird W. Heal,Carol K. Sigelman +1 more
TL;DR: It is implied that the validity of an interview with respondents of limited intelligence depends greatly on the format of its questions, and research on the acquiescence bias suggests that it can be reduced in mentally retarded respondents by replacing the usual 'yes/no' question format with an 'either/or' format.
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