Supporting leisure and communication in people with visual and intellectual disabilities via a smartphone-based program.
This study evaluated a smartphone-based program to promote independent leisure and communication engagement in five participants with visual impairment and mild intellectual disability. A smartphone with Android 5.1 Operating System and S-Voice application, Internet connection, contacts unit, and me...
| Published in: | British Journal of Visual Impairment Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 257 - 264 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2017
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