NewsClips (05/11/2021)

Posted on November 05, 2021

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Employment of persons with severe communication disabilities

Posted on October 31, 2021

Employment rates of persons with disabilities in South Africa are shockingly low. Although unemployment rates are generally high for youth aged 15 to 35 years (currently, 64.4%) https://tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/youth-unemployment-rate, unemployment rates for persons with disabilities are...

Communication for all: Designing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for persons from minority language backgrounds

Posted on October 31, 2021

October is AAC awareness month. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, strategies, tools, and techniques have assisted countless persons with severe communication disabilities in communicating and connecting with others. However, there has been little consideration for persons...

Participation in court: How persons with severe communication disabilities can be accommodated

Posted on October 26, 2021

Persons with severe communication disabilities belong to the excluded group mentioned by Flynn. These individuals often face violations of their basic human rights, such as exclusion from the justice system. Yet, access to justice is vital as it could act as protection against the many forms of...

Dementia and AAC

Posted on October 26, 2021

Dementia is a collection of irreversible changes that occur in the brain. The course of dementia is unrelenting and its impact has real-world implications for individuals living with this condition. The most noteworthy is the life-altering consequences with regard to communication and valued...

COVID-19 Fatigue: The Value of Friendship

Posted on October 25, 2021

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health care practitioners reported a drastic rise in depression and anxiety among members of society. In addition to the classic symptoms associated with depression and anxiety, people also reported feeling lonely, isolated and exhausted. People...

NewsClips (22/10/2021)

Posted on October 22, 2021

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Senior Lecturer, Tim Forssman (Department of Anthropology and Archaeology) awarded three-year grant to study the role of Southern Africa’s indigenous forager communities in past social systems

Posted on October 22, 2021

Southern Africa’s indigenous forager communities, the ancestors of contemporary San groups, have, more often than not, had their history captured by colonial-era, pejorative characterisations of their culture. However, archaeological readings of their pasts provide us with a different...