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Adults with Learning Disabilities or Special Needs

      There are many strategies that can be used to help adults with learning disabilities or special needs. Click on the links below:   Total Communication This is a holistic view of communication, often using a range of modalities or even thinking “outside the box” to create a system of communication that works …

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Total Communication

      See our Adult Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Home Page for a full list of information about adult learning disabilities, and links to information and strategies relating to communication.   What is total communication? This is a holistic view of communication, often using a range of modalities or even thinking “outside the …

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Adults with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities

  Adults with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Adults with with special needs and learning disabilities (also called adult learning difficulties or intellectual difficulties in some countries) often have difficulties with communication which can be related to speech and language, social skills and/or behaviour. However, there are a number of programs and strategies that can …

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Professional help and progressive neurological diseases

      See our Progressive Neurological Disease Home Page for a full list of information about progressive and degenerative neurological disease, and links to information and strategies relating to communication and cognitive functioning.   Professional help and progressive neurological diseases When you have been diagnosed with a progressive neurological illness, it is important to …

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Assistive Technology & Assistive Communication devices (AAC)

      See our Progressive Neurological Disease Home Page for a full list of information about progressive and degenerative neurological disease, and links to information and strategies relating to communication and cognitive functioning.   Assistive Technology & Assistive Communication devices (AAC) Assistive technology is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices …

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