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Emergence of Visual-Graphic Symbol Combinations by Youth with Moderate or Severe Mental Retardation.
Peer reviewedWilkinson, Krista M.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
In the first of 2 studies, 7 subjects with severe mental retardation (ages 6-20) using augmentative communication produced untaught symbol combinations resembling those of young speaking language learners. The second study found that modeled combinations did not resemble the subjects' productions, suggesting the augmented communicators used…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Children, Communication Disorders
