Pictures as communication symbols for students with severe intellectual disability

Jennifer Stephenson; Ken Linfoot

Pictures as communication symbols for students with severe intellectual disability

Jennifer Stephenson^*, Ken Linfoot

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The use of pictographic symbols for expressive or receptive communication can be a valuable skill for persons with severe intellectual disability. This article reviews knowledge about picture recognition and use derived from cross-cultural studies, studies with young children, and studies with persons with intellectual disability in an attempt to clarify how picture skills emerge and how pictures come to be used as symbols for the objects they depict.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	244-255
Number of pages	12
Journal	AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Volume	12
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Dec 1996
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Graphic symbols
Iconicity
Representation
Severe mental retardation

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Pictures as communication symbols for students with severe intellectual disability

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