Pictures as communication symbols for students with severe intellectual disability
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Vol. 12 (4) , 244-256
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07434619612331277708
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.Keywords
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