Collana | Lingue dei segni e sordità
Miscellanea | Valutazione linguistica in italiano e nella LIS e strategie di intervento
Capitolo | LIS e disabilità comunicativa: un caso clinico
Abstract
This paper reports the result of a longitudinal case study on a girl suffering from a rare genetic illness that prevents her from communicating through speaking. We set three major goals. First, to investigate the specific signs that are used by the girl for communication purposes. Second, to analyse their ‘home signs’ and finally, to increase her vocabulary readapting specific signs from the Italian Sign Language to her articulatory restrictions, teaching her 12 new signs connected to words of her everyday language. At the end of the programme, the goals were almost thoroughly achieved and the girl remembered correctly seven signs.
Presentato: 19 Luglio 2022 | Accettato: 15 Giugno 2023 | Pubblicato 13 Dicembre 2023 | Lingua: it
Keywords Homesigns • Italian Sign Language • Augmentative and Alternative Communication • Genetic illness • Case study • Linguistic disorders • Communication
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