Neurodiversity Communicative Disabilities

In this course, students will explore the communicative practices of individuals with diverse sensory, cognitive and mobility profiles such as Autism, Aphasia, Blindness, Deafness, Dyspraxia and other disabilities. We will discuss historical paradigms of disability, theories of typical and atypical communicative development, as well as various inclusive therapy and educational approaches (e.g. Alternative Augmentative Communication) used to support communication with disabled and neurodivergent populations.