A special messaging technology for two persons with acquired brain injury and multiple disabilities

Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O’Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Signorino, Mario; Oliva, Doretta; Alberti, Gloria; Carrella, Luigina; Tommaso, Marina de

doi:10.3109/02699052.2010.506857

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“…The positive outcomes of the aforementioned studies (a) constitute very encouraging evidence as to the possibility of widening the range of rehabilitation opportunities for these persons, and (b) underline the need of new research in the area to determine the reliability and practicality of the evidence available (Kennedy, 2005;Lancioni et al, 2010). The present two studies were aimed at extending the research carried out by and by with new participants.…”

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Post-coma persons with multiple disabilities use assistive technology for their leisure engagement and communication

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BACKGROUND: Interventions for post-coma persons, who have emerged from a minimally conscious state but present with extensive neuro-motor impairment and lack of or minimal verbal skills, need to promote occupation and communication through the use of assistive technology. OBJIECTIVE: These two studies were aimed at assessing two technology-aided programs to promote leisure engagement and communication for three post-coma participants with multiple disabilities. METHODS: Study I assessed a program to allow a woman and a man with extensive neuro-motor impairment and lack of speech to switch on music and videos, make requests to caregivers, and send messages to (communicate with) relevant partners and receive messages from those partners. Study II assessed a program to allow a post-coma woman with extensive motor impairment and reduced verbal behavior to activate music, videos and requests, send and receive messages, and make telephone calls. RESULTS: Data showed that both programs were successful. The participants of Study I managed leisure engagement, requests, as well as text messaging. The participant of Study II showed consistent leisure engagement, text messaging, and telephone calls. CONCLUSIONS: Assistive technology can be profitably used to provide post-coma persons with multiple disabilities relevant leisure and communication opportunities.

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