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- Title
Use of eye-pointing by children with cerebral palsy: what are we looking at?
- Authors
Sargent, Jenefer; Clarke, Michael; Price, Katie; Griffiths, Tom; Swettenham, John
- Abstract
Children with cerebral palsy often show significant communication impairment due to limited or absent speech. Further, motor impairment can restrict the use of movement, including pointing, to signal interest and intent. For some children, controlled gaze can be an effective 'point-substitute': such 'eye-pointing' can be used to request items, establish mutual interest in an event, or select vocabulary within an alternative or augmentative communication (ACC) system. However, in clinical practice there is a lack of clarity about how the term 'eye-pointing' is used, how 'eye-pointing' is recognized or how it relates to social development.
- Publication
International journal of language & communication disorders, 2013, Vol 48, Issue 5, p477
- ISSN
1460-6984
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/1460-6984.12026