AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

Table 3: Participants’ who use AAC demographic information
Pseudonym Age m/f Total Communication System Interview setting Med Diag GMFCS Comm. Support
in interview
PETER 17 M VOCA, head switches on wheelchair moderate literacy Special School, FE Unit CP 5 Yes
MARY 17 F Small amount of natural speech, VOCA, Direct access, Special School, FE Unit CP 5 No
moderate literacy
CAROLINE 21 F VOCA, Head switches mounted on wheelchair,
n/a – data via blog site
CP, Hearing 5 n/a
literate, sign language
impairment
NICHOLAS 23 M VOCA, direct access, not literate Special Adult unit. CP 5 Yes
CAROL 19 F VOCA, direct access, preferred using Makaton, not Special Adult unit. CP 5 Yes
literate (some initial letters)
GEORGIE 19 F Eye Gaze (E-tran frame, VOCA not wanted), not
literate (some whole word recognition)
Special Adult unit. CP 5 Yes
FIONA 23 F VOCA, head switches on wheelchair, not literate Special Adult unit. CP 5 Yes
MOIRA 22 F VOCA, direct access, literate Special college. Group and individually CP 5 No
OLIVIA 21 F VOCA, head switches on wheelchair, literate Special college. Group and individually CP 5 No
MADDY 20 F VOCA, direct access, literacy unknown Special college. Group only CP 5 No
XAVIER 19 M VOCA, head switches on wheelchair, literate Special College. Group and individually 5 No
SIMON 21 M VOCA, head switches on wheelchair, not -literate Special College. Group and alone with STA CP 5 Yes
KEITH 19 M VOCA, direct access, literate Special College. CP 5 No
DAVEY 21 M VOCA, direct access, not literate Special College. CP 5 Yes
BEN 14 M VOCA, direct access, literate Mainstream School. CP 5 Yes
HARRIET 22 F Alphabet board, literate (VOCA broken) College setting (has left) Part of dyad CP 5 Yes
WILL 19 M VOCA, head switches on wheelchair, literate College setting (as left) part of dyad CP 5 Yes
KEVIN 21 M VOCA, head switches on wheelchair, not literate Special college. (within computer skills class) CP 5 Yes
FAITH 21 F VOCA, direct access not literate Special college. (within computer skills class) CP 5 Yes
RICHARD 21 M VOCA, direct access, not literate Special college. (within computer skills class) CP 5 Yes
JACK 20 M VOCA, direct access, early emerging literacy Special college. (within computer skills class) CP 5 Yes
ERICA 21 F VOCA, head mouse camera , literate Special college. CP 5 Yes
NANCY 21 F VOCA, head mouse camera, literate Special college. CP 5 No
KEN 21 M iPad, direct access, some speech, literate Special college. CP 5 No
SEAN 19 M VOCA, direct access, literate Special college. CP 5 No
M/F: Male/Female; FE: Further education; VOCA: voice output communication aid; Med Diag: medical diagnosis; STA: specialist teaching assistant; CP: cerebral palsy; GMFCS: Gross Motor
Function Classification System (Palisano, Rosenbaum, Bartlett & Livingston, 2007); Comm. Support in interview: Communication partner during the interview. All ages relate to interview date. To
further protect identity ethnicity is not specified and VOCA manufacturer is not disclosed
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