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Lotte Piekema; Annet ten Brug; Aly Waninge; Annette van der Putten – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Although particular technologies can enhance the quality of life (QoL) of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (we use the term pervasive support needs), their objectives and outcomes are understudied. A systematic literature review was therefore conducted to explore this topic. Method: A search of four databases…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Assistive Technology
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Tindara Caprì; Andrea Nucita; Giancarlo Iannizzotto; Fabrizio Stasolla; Alberto Romano; Martina Semino; Samantha Giannatiempo; Virginia Canegallo; Rosa Angela Fabio – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
We conducted a systematic review of telerehabilitation (TR) interventions on children and young adults with multiple disabilities (MDs). This review aimed to: (a) examine the effectiveness of telerehabilitation (TR) on adaptive skills that have been targeted for intervention; (b) describe the type of devices used in the intervention procedures;…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Children, Young Adults, Teleconferencing
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Press, Anastasia M.; Dosedel, Michael J. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
As computerized speech-to-text (STT) technology has become more advanced over the past several years, more students with, and without, disabilities are using STT tools in the classroom and while taking assessments (Warren, Thurlow, Lazarus, & Strunk, 2018). Speech-to-text tools often are installed on school-provided computers or tablets and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students
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Nijs, Sara; Maes, Bea – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Social interactions may positively influence developmental and quality of life outcomes. Research in persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) mostly investigated interactions with caregivers. This literature review focuses on peer interactions of persons with PIMD. A computerized literature search of three databases was…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Severe Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Didden, Robert; Manfredi, Francesco; Putignano, Pietro; Stasolla, Fabrizio; Basili, Gabriella – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This paper provides an overview of studies using programs with treadmills or walkers with microswitches and contingent stimulation to foster locomotor behavior of children with developmental disabilities. Twenty-six studies were identified in the period 2000-2008 (i.e., the period in which research in this area has actually taken shape).…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Multiple Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome
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Edwards, Lindsay C. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
In recent years, the number of children receiving cochlear implants who have significant disabilities in addition to their deafness has increased substantially. However, in comparison with the extensive literature on speech, language, and communication outcomes following pediatric implantation in children without complex needs, the available…
Descriptors: Deafness, Multiple Disabilities, Children, Assistive Technology
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Lancioni, G. E.; O'Reilly, M. F.; Singh, N. N.; Sigafoos, J.; Oliva, D.; Montironi, G.; Savino, M.; Bosco, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Microswitches can be vital tools to help individuals with extensive multiple disabilities acquire control of environmental stimulation. This study was aimed at extending the evaluation of a computer system used as a microswitch for word utterances with three participants with multiple disabilities. Method: Sets of 7 or 12 word…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Computers