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“[People with severe intellectual disability] don”t have a voice to speak. So, they’re the ones who tend to be forgotten because they don’t have that ability to say what they want. They rely on either their parents or their carers or people that work with them to tell other people what they want.” (Ann Allen, in Watson & Joseph, 2011, 0:58) References Brady, N. C., Bruce, S., Goldman, A., Erickson, K., Mineo, B., Ogletree, B. T., … Wilkinson, K. (2016). Communication services and supports for individuals with severe disabilities: Guidance for assessment and intervention. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 121 (2), 121–138. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558- 121.2.121 Goodwin, M., Miller, J., & Edwards, C. (2015). Communicate with me: A resource for effective communication and involvement of people with a learning disability . London, UK: Speechmark. Smith, M. M., & Murray, J. (2016). The silent partner? Language, interaction and aided communication . Surry, UK: J&R Press. Sutherland, R. J., & Isherwood, T. (2016). The evidence for easy-read for people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic literature review. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities , 13 (4), 297–310. https://doi. org/10.1111/jppi.12201 Watson, J., & Joseph, R. (2011). Listening to those rarely heard: A guide for supporters . Retrieved from https:// shop.scopeaust.org.au/shop/listening-rarely-heard-guide- supporters/

“Rather than viewing communication aids as simply a poor substitute for speech, this book examines communication aid use as a unique, independent mode of communication that has the potential to shed light on the power of human communication and language learning.” (Smith & Murray, 2016) 9 Communicate with Me Communicate with Me is a practical resource covering the importance of total communication and the ways that people and environments can support people with learning disabilities and may use multimodal communication strategies. “When preparing or purchasing communication resources, it is important to consider how these represent our diverse communities in relation, for example, to ethnicity, faith, culture, gender, sexuality, age and disability.” (Goodwin, Miller, & Edwards, 2015) 10 Listening to those rarely heard: a guide for supporters People with severe intellectual disability, who communicate in ways other than speech, may need those around them to interpret their multimodal communication methods. This package (https://shop.scopeaust.org.au/shop/listening- rarely-heard-guide-supporters/), developed by Jo Watson for Scope Australia, with a supporting video freely available on Vimeo, (https://vimeo.com/21176882) is designed to help people in a “circle of support” to collaborate and communicate well in order to support people to make decisions.

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