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Ilse Harmina Zaal-Schuller; K. Kruithof; M. Hoogsteyns; A.M. Nieuwenhuijse; D.L. Willems; S.A. Huisman – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: Patients with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) cannot clearly express themselves. Therefore, tacit knowledge (TK) is crucial in caring for individuals with PIMD, while it possibly also plays a significant role in medical consultations. Method: A qualitative inductive, thematic analysis was performed of 14…
Descriptors: Patients, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Knowledge Level
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Hanley, Edina; Martin, Anne-Marie; Dalton, Caroline; Lehane, Elaine – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
People with severe/profound intellectual disability experience challenges in communicating and require their communication partners to adapt to their means of communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is recognised as a potential means to meet their communication needs. Interventions need to be aimed at both the individual…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention
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Danker, Joanne; Dreyfus, Shoshana; Strnadová, Iva; Pilkinton, Mary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Adults with severe/profound intellectual disability typically face poor communication outcomes as they are often nonverbal and need their supporters to provide for their communication needs. This review aimed to identify studies focused on the communication resources people with severe/profound intellectual disability use for…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Communication, Barriers, Affordances