Abstract
Individuals with developmental disabilities often face difficulty when receiving a medical care. The main problem takes place because patients struggle with expressing their pain and symptoms through verbal means. Consequently, medical professionals often end up mis-diagnosing due to a lack of information and miscommunication about the symptoms. To improve the communication between the patients with developmental disabilities and the medical service providers, this study focuses on the development of a visual communication support kit and its effectiveness. Using storyboards based on real events, the kit consists of three books and printed visual aid that differs from other Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools in that it is specifically designed to help medical professionals and caregivers understand and properly help patients with developmental disabilities. In this study, the authors introduce the process of the communication kit development, and examine the appropriateness through expert interviews as well as its effectiveness in the field. For further use of the toolkit, this paper also proposes a digitalization of the visual aid, and a guideline for future digital communication aid designed to help patients with developmental disabilities.
Presenters
Jieun KwonPost-doctoral Scholar, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Teugbyeolsi [Seoul-T'ukpyolshi], South Korea Youngsun Lee
Professor, Special Education, Ewha Womans University, South Korea Hyelin Kim
Kim Jusung
Student, Special Education & Sports Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Teugbyeolsi [Seoul-T'ukpyolshi], South Korea Chaewon Lim
Student, senior / Special Education & Education Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Gyeonggido [Kyonggi-do], South Korea
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KEYWORDS
Visual aid, Communication toolkit, Disabilities, Expression, Signs, Symbols, Picture book
