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Severe Communication Impairment
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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DEAL works with people with Cerebral Palsy

Or, as they say now, the cerebral palsies - athetoid cerebral palsy, for example, or spastic cerebral palsy. 

People with cerebral palsy have difficulty making precise movements, which can make it difficult to  speak or write.  Proper positioning or seating, appropriate training, communication device or switch use training, exercise, and good teaching can all help.

The performance difficulties of people with cerebral palsy sometimes lead to their being regarded as intellectually disabled.  This is patently ridiculous.

They may, however, have severe communication impairment, and here DEAL can usually assist them.


 

  
DEAL
Communication Centre Inc.,
538 Dandenong Road, Caulfield, Victoria 3162, AUSTRALIA

Ph. (61-3) 9509 6324
Fax. (61-3) 9509 6321
e-mail: dealcc@deal.org.au
DEAL has now seen over 2,000 clients with diagnoses that  include

 Autism/ASDCerebral PalsyDown Syndrome,  Intellectual Impairment,   Learning Disability,   Fragile X SyndromeRett SyndromeStroke/CVA, 
Persistent/Permanent Vegetative State,  Acquired Brain Damage,
Motor Neurone Disease/ALS, and Huntington's Disease.
              
DEAL has been able to help people with all of these diagnoses to communicate.