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Language and Communication Disorders as an Area of Study

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Traditionally, problems with language and communication have been approached through a discourse of disabledness or deficiency. In contract, this book explores and challenges this understanding, turning the spotlight on divergent discourses in current research in language and communication disorders (LCDs). Two cases are compared for this purpose: autism and aphasia. Studies in autism presuppose the mind to be an impersonal decoding machine. On the other hand, studies in aphasia presuppose the social to be the essence of human existence. In this view, co-construction of meaning and participation have replaced the individualist stance. In consequence, aphasia studies are enhancing a discourse of abledness while traditional autism studies are advocating a discourse of disabledness. Accordingly, explanation for the development in aphasia studies is sought.

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Klemmensen, C.M.B. (2018). Language and Communication Disorders as an Area of Study. In: Integrating the Participants’ Perspective in the Study of Language and Communication Disorders. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78634-6_3

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