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Theses and Dissertations (Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-11-14)Globally, persons with disabilities are facing exclusion from participation in the labour market. In South Africa, the employment rate of persons with severe communication disabilities remains low despite the implementation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Children with communicative and/or cognitive disabilities are at high risk of experiencing abuse, which can have life-long effects on their health and well-being. Primary abuse prevention programs, pitched at school-level ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-11-30)Background: An inflexible curriculum without any opportunity for modification or adaptation does not support inclusive education. Reports on early childhood education have resolved that traditional approaches to curriculum, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Most research done on children and youth with disabilities are cross-sectional designs. Good, quality longitudinal research designs in terms of theoretical, methodological and analytical considerations are recommended for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The current knowledge about how children with disabilities (including those who use AAC) participate over time within home and community settings such as recreation, leisure and sporting activities is based predominantly ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Background: According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article (UNCRC) 12, all youth have the right to participate in all aspects of their lives. In order to realise this human right, it is ...
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Participation of children with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries : a scoping review (University of Pretoria, 2021)The available literature exploring the participation in children with disability is biased to high income countries and a paucity is noted for children with disability specifically those living in low- and middle-income ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-09-14)Falls in adults older than 65 years of age constitute a global health concern and are the main cause of injury-related mortality in older adults. The falls death rate increased by 30% from 2009 to 2018, mainly due to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-11-01)Persons with severe communication disabilities often face violations of their basic human rights, such as exclusion from the justice system. Accessing the justice system – whether as a witness, defendant or legal practitioner ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The rights of all persons to be granted equal access to higher education are espoused in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More recently, attention has focused on the provision of inclusive education specifically ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Parents of premature infants have unique information and support needs regarding the caregiving of their premature infants after the initial discharge home from the hospital. These needs may only become evident after the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Background: The current mandate in dementia research is to develop interventions that are evidence-based and person-centred. However, person-centred augmentative and alternative communication interventions in dementia are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-02-15)Anxiety has been identified as one of the most severe and long-lasting symptoms experi-enced by hospitalized children with cancer. Self-reports are especially important for documenting emotional and abstract concepts, such ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)English: The increase in grandparents who take on the role of raising their grandchild has incited a growth in research, specifically on how this population is able to accomplish such an important responsibility at the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Augmented input refers to the support of any form of linguistic or visual strategies to enhance understanding during intervention. Previous research predominantly focused on the various types of augmented input that can ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Background: Some children with ASD have comprehension difficulties that affect their ability to follow directives that contain prepositions. Aided input has been known to facilitate improved comprehension skills when spoken ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Receptive and expressive language difficulties are some of the core challenges facing children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Emerging research suggests that for children with ASD receptive language is more impaired ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Stereotypical definitions associating disability with incapacity or abnormality, marginalise persons with disabilities and subject them to discrimination, neglect and abuse. Although societal inclusion of persons with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Introduction: Participation is one of the most important health outcomes for children and adolescents, as it leads to increased emotional, psychological well-being and improved quality of life. Children with Autism Spectrum ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Assistive technology with context-aware computing and artificial intelligence capabilities can be applied to address cognitive and communication impairments experienced by persons with dementia (PwD). This research aims ...
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