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Communication Disabilities

The document discusses communication disabilities and how they can affect a person's ability to speak, understand others, read, and write. It outlines some main types of communication disabilities including hearing loss, movement disabilities, cognitive disabilities, and aphasia. It also provides guidelines for communicating with someone who has a communication disability.

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Communication Disabilities

The document discusses communication disabilities and how they can affect a person's ability to speak, understand others, read, and write. It outlines some main types of communication disabilities including hearing loss, movement disabilities, cognitive disabilities, and aphasia. It also provides guidelines for communicating with someone who has a communication disability.

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Communication Disabilities

When someone has a communication disability, there are four main areas that can be affected. Depending on the nature of the disability, one or more of these areas can be involved. They include a persons ability to: Speaking Understand what others are saying Reading Writing

Some of the main types of communication disabilities affect the following:


Hearing For people who are deaf or have a hearing loss it can be difficult or impossible to hear what a person is saying and sometimes their own speech may not be easily understood. Movement People who have disabilities such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may have difficulty moving their muscles to speak, using gestures, turning pages in a book and writing. Cognition People who have intellectual disabilities from birth, or acquire Alzheimer's disease later in life, can have problems remembering, learning, understanding, or problem-solving which can make communication challenging. Language People who have aphasia after a stroke or accident may have difficulty understanding others, speaking, reading and writing. The experience of aphasia is similar to being in a foreign country where you know what you want but you have problems understanding others or expressing yourself. In addition to having communication challenges, many people have multiple disabilities. People who are deafblind have limited hearing and vision. They are unable to use these senses to receive communication.

Communicating with a Person who Has a Communication Disability-Guidelines


Be patient. Do not rush the conversation. Ask one question at a time and wait for a reply. Wait for the person to finish his/her message. Do not guess unless the person has given you permission to do so. Face the person so that you can pick up on visual clues like the persons body language, facial expressions and gestures Talk directly to the individual, not to the person who may be accompanying him/her. Do not speak about the person or refer to the person in the third person when in his/her presence. Speak naturally and clearly, using your normal tone, volume and rate.

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