Alternative and Augmentative Communication Technologies for Supporting Adults With Mild Intellectual Disabilities During Clinical Consultations: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) face significant communication barriers when accessing health care services; they find it difficult to identify and describe conditions clearly enough to support practitioners in making an accurate diagnosis. In addition, medical professionals generally have little knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with ID, which may result in the use of consultation techniques that do not cater to their patients' skills.

Objective

This review aims to identify and synthesize the literature on alternative and augmentative communication technologies that are used to support adults with mild ID during the exchange of information with medical practitioners.

Methods

We performed a scoping review of studies published in

SUBMITTER: Gibson RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235287 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature