Use of everyday technology to promote ambulation in people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.
BACKGROUND: People with severe to profound intellectual disabilities and visual or motor impairment tend to be detached and sedentary. OBJECTIVE: The present study assessed a technology-aided intervention to promote ambulation in four people with severe to profound intellectual disability combined w...
| Publicado en: | Technology & Disability Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 229 - 237 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2021
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