Multi-method Communication Webinar

Multi-method Communication Webinar: Incorporating Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Decision Making Process presented by Christopher Longtin, MA, Sociology, Carleton University.  To best include individuals with intellectual dis/abilities in decision-making, we must rethink how the decision making process occurs and the communication methods it engages. The presenter reviews this process and, through the example of visual communication methods, suggests a number of ways decision-making might be diversified and more inclusionary. The presentation is grounded in the researchers past research on relationships between intellectual disability and gender and current research on how best to include persons with intellectual disabilities in research as co-researchers.The Multi-method Communication Webinar was held on September 22, 2009 (55 minutes)


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